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On the nematocysts of Hydromedusae. III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. S. Russell
Affiliation:
Naturalist at the Plymouth Laboratory

Extract

The nematocysts of five species of Anthomedusae, six species of Leptomedusae, and one Trachymedusa are described.

In view of the additional support supplied by characters of its nematocysts it is suggested that the genus Chromatonema should be placed with Tiaranna in a new family, the Tiarannidae, in the Anthomedusae.

Evidence on the possible evolution of microbasic euryteles from stenoteles is afforded by the nematocysts of Aglantha.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1940

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