A new subfamily of ulmarid scyphomedusae, the Santjordiinae, with a description of Santjordia pagesi gen. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Discomedusae: Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae) from the Sumisu Caldera, Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Lindsay, D.J.; Grossmann, M.M.; Montenegro, J.; Morandini, A.C. (2023). A new subfamily of ulmarid scyphomedusae, the Santjordiinae, with a description of Santjordia pagesi gen. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Discomedusae: Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae) from the Sumisu Caldera, Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Zootaxa 5374(4): 533-551. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.5
In: Zootaxa. Magnolia Press: Auckland. ISSN 1175-5326; e-ISSN 1175-5334, more
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New genus
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Coelenterata [WoRMS]; Santjordia pagesi Lindsay, Grossmann, Montenegro & Morandini, 2023 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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Coelenterata; deep sea; Medusa; new species; new genus; submarine Caldera |
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- Lindsay, D.J.
- Grossmann, M.M.
- Montenegro, J.
- Morandini, A.C.
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| Abstract |
An undescribed species of ulmarid medusa was observed in situ and captured at 812 m depth within the Sumisu Caldera, Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Morphological and molecular evidence points to it being distinct from other ulmarid medusae and a new species (pagesi), genus (Santjordia) and subfamily (Santjordiinae) are herein erected to contain it. This new subfamily of semaeostome ulmarid medusae has both marginal and subumbrellar rhopalia, making it unique within the order Semaeostomeae. Although the combination of subumbrellar tentacles and the lack of branched canals should warrant the erection of a new family within the Semaeostomeae, a lack of information on the gonad structure and poor bootstrap support in the molecular phylogenetic tree cause us to relegate it to the catch-all family Ulmaridae, until greater taxon sampling and phylogenetic analyses are carried out for the Semaeostomeae. |
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