Redescription of Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the Brazilian coast, with designation of a neotype

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1135, 2006, Pages 29-48

  Morandini, André C ^a   Da Silveira, Fábio L ^a   Cornelius, Paul F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discomedusae; Jellyfish; Pelagiidae; Scyphomedusae; Semaeostomeae; South Atlantic; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHRYSAORA LACTEA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 33745255322     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1135.1.2     Document Type: Article

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