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On a new species of scyphomedusa, Atolla vanhoffeni n.sp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. S. Russell
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory

Extract

In 1902 Ernst Vanhöffen drew attention to the occurrence of eight dark pigment spots in Atolla which he thought might be excretory organs.

It is shown that these spots are a specific character occurring only in some specimens, and medusae with this character have been named Atolla vanhöffeni n.sp. This species can now be distinguished from A. wyvillei by other characters.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1957

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