Crambionella orsini

Scientific Name:-

Crambionella orsini

Common Name:-

Malayalam Name:-

Karipottichori

Category:-

Cnidaria

Status:-

Not evaluated

Description:-

Medusae were Rhizostomeae with three-winged mouth arms, a network of anastomosing canals joined to the gastric cavity only via radial canals, subumbrella muscles were annular, and papillae appeared to be present near the subgenital ostia. marginal lappets were not elongated and tentacle-like. All specimens of Crambionella had 8 rhopalia. The number of lappets between adjacent rhopalia was 8, 12, or 16, and could vary within single jellyfish.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

This species is recorded from Kerala coast by Nair (1946, 1951) and Riyas (2013).

Habitat:-

Mmarine pelagic

Synonyms:-

Mastigias orsini Vanhöffen, 1888

References:-

Nair, K.K. 1946. Medusae of Travancore and their correlation with inshore fishing. Proc. First Indian Sci. Congress 32:97.
Nair, K.K. 195 1. Medusa of the Trivandrum coast. Pt. I-Systematics. Bull. Central Res. Inst., Univ. Travancore, Sec. C, (I), 47-75.
Riyas, A. 2013. Taxonomy of Scyphozoa and Cubozoa (Phylum: Cnidaria) of southern Kerala coast. MPhil Dissertation, University of Kerala (unpublished).
WoRMS (2014). Crambionella orsini (Vanhöffen). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220493 on 2015-02-20

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