WoRMS taxon details
Protiaropsis gemmifera Xu, Huang & Du, 2018
1308955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1308955)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Du F, Wang L, Xu Zh, Huang J, Guo D. (2018). Taxonomic notes on Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroidomedusa) from the south-central South China Sea, with a new genus and four new species. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 37(10): 112–118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1310-5
page(s): 114, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 114, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors

Type locality contained in South China Sea
type locality contained in South China Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Protiaropsis gemmifera Xu, Huang & Du, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308955 on 2025-05-13
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Du F, Wang L, Xu Zh, Huang J, Guo D. (2018). Taxonomic notes on Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroidomedusa) from the south-central South China Sea, with a new genus and four new species. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 37(10): 112–118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1310-5
page(s): 114, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 114, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors






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Diagnosis Umbrella bell-shaped with round dome, 4-6.5 mm high, 3-4 mm wide, apex very thick, without apical projection; manubrium without gastric peduncle, with several medusa-buds developing interradial region of the manubrium, no transverse folds; umbrella with 8 tentacles, no base swelling, each with a terminal cnidocyst cluster; umbrella margin with 8 marginal lobes; no ocelli and secondary tentacles [details]