A modern description of Crambionella stuhlmanni (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) from St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 2 SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 357-367

  Neethling, Simone ^a   Channing, Alan ^a   Gershwin, Lisa Ann ^b   Gibbons, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery   (Australia)

Author keywords

molecular analyses; morphological analyses; Rhizostomeae; systematics; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; JELLYFISH; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SAINT LUCIA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

CRAMBIONELLA; CRAMBIONELLA ORSINI; CRAMBIONELLA STUHLMANNI; RHIZOSTOMEAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 79951622710     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001566     Document Type: Article

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