WoRMS taxon details
original description
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]
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]
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