Based on aberrant pathological anterior nectophores with either two few facets or some missing or incomplete ridges; they could perhaps have come from Ceratocymba specimens, but such nectophores have never been found again
Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183 page(s): 1160 [details]
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original descriptionChun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183 page(s): 1160 [details]
original description(ofCymba Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 page(s): 16 [details]
original description(ofNacelle Blainville, 1830)de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 page(s): 119 [details]
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