Hydrozoa taxon details
Australomedusa Russell, 1970
267250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267250)
accepted
Genus
Australomedusa baylii Russell, 1970 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Russell, F.S., 1970. On a new species of medusa from an inland salt lake in South Australia. J. Zool., Lond. 162 4: 449-452.
page(s): 451 [details]
page(s): 451 [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Australomedusa Russell, 1970. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267250 on 2024-04-25
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Russell, F.S., 1970. On a new species of medusa from an inland salt lake in South Australia. J. Zool., Lond. 162 4: 449-452.
page(s): 451 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 451 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Medusa with cylindrical manubrium , with 4 simple lips; 4 radial canals, 4 groups of perradial tentacles and 4 rudimentary bulbs; gonads on manubrium and on proximal part of radial canals, according sex; with ocelli, one per bulb.Hydroid colony small, stolonal; hydranth naked, sessile, with a single ring of filiform tentacles near the middle of column; medusa buds just below tentacles. [details]