Alatina grandis (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Original scientific description:
Agassiz, A. and Mayer, A. G. (1902). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer “Albatross”, from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., Commanding III. Medusae. Mem Mus Comp Zoölogy Harv Coll 26(3): 139-176.
Conservation Status
Last record 1909? Rediscovered in March 2014.
Distribution
Arabian Sea (northern)
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
Literature
Original scientific description:
Agassiz, A. and Mayer, A. G. (1902). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer “Albatross”, from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., Commanding III. Medusae. Mem Mus Comp Zoölogy Harv Coll 26(3): 139-176.
Other references:
Bentlage, B. (2010). Carybdea alata auct.(Cubozoa): rediscovery of the Alatina grandis type. Zootaxa, 2713, 52-54.
Straehler-Pohl, Ilka and Gul, Shahnawaz. (2017). Rediscovery and redescription of the cubomedusa Alatina grandis (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Alatinidae) from Pakistani waters. Plankton & Benthos Ressearch 12(1): 1-14.
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