Tripedalia Conant 1897

Straehler-Pohl, Ilka, Garm, Anders & Morandini, André C., 2014, Sexual dimorphism in Tripedaliidae (Conant 1897) (Cnidaria, Cubozoa, Carybdeida), Zootaxa 3785 (4), pp. 533-549 : 538

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scientific name	Tripedalia Conant 1897
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Genus Tripedalia Conant 1897

Definition (redefined after Moore 1988 and Bentlage & Lewis 2012): Tripedaliidae with four interradial groups of 2 or 3 unbranched pedalia, each bearing a single tentacle. Rhopalia niche forming a roof without covering scale. Larviparous.

Type species: Tripedalia cystophora Conant 1897 , by original designation.

References

Bentlage, B. & Lewis, C. (2012) An illustrated key and synopsis of the families and genera of carybdeid box jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), with emphasis on the Irukandji family (Carukiidae). Journal of Natural History, 46 (41 - 42), 2595 - 2620. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2012.717645

Conant, F. S. (1897) Notes on the Cubomedusae. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, 132, 8 - 10.

Moore, S. J. (1988) A new species of cubomedusan (Cubozoa: Cnidaria) from Northern Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 5 (1), 1 - 4.