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On the scyphomedusa poralia rufescens Vanhöffen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. S. Russell
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory

Summary

A number of damaged specimens of the scyphomedusa Poralia rufescens Vanhoffen from the north Atlantic have been examined. This has added to our knowledge of this rare medusa, of which only eleven damaged specimens had previously been recorded.

Most of the specimens were caught deeper than 1500 m.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1962

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