Crambionella orsini
Scientific Name:-
Crambionella orsiniCommon Name:-
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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.
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 MPhil Dissertation, University of Kerala (unpublished).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