Nausithoe albatrossi ( Maas, 1897 )

Molinari, Clarissa G., Collins, Allen G. & Morandini, André C., 2023, A morphological review of the jellyfish genus Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853 (Nausithoideae, Coronatae, Scyphozoa, Cnidaria), Zootaxa 5336 (1), pp. 1-32 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8268442
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scientific name	Nausithoe albatrossi ( Maas, 1897 )
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Nausithoe albatrossi ( Maas, 1897) View in CoL

Nauphanta albatrossi Maas, 1897: 83 View in CoL , pl. XIV.

Nausithoe albatrossi View in CoL — Vanĥffen, 1902: 29.

Holotype not known, possibly not extant.

Material examined: None.

Diagnosis: medusa—isodome bell with gastric filaments organized in 16 clusters of 5 filaments each.

Description: Based on Maas (1897), Bigelow (1928), Mayer (1910), and Kramp (1961). Adult medusa 35 to 40 mm in diameter and 35 mm high; narrow and elongate lappets, with rounded ends; smooth central disc; gonads oblong; gastric filaments organized in 16 clusters of 5 filaments (4 clusters per quadrant, a total of 80 filaments). No information about the rhopalia. No information about a polyp stage.

Type locality: Gulf of Panama (no information on depth).

Distribution: Pacific coast of South America.

Remarks: The organization of gastric filaments is not seen in any other species of the genus.