Aglauropsis kawari(Limnomedusae: Olindiasidae), a new species from the South Atlantic Ocean

✍ Scribed by G. S. Moreira; C. Yamashita

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 351 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-3162
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00348291

✦ Synopsis

A new species of T,imnomedusae belonging to the genus Aglauropsis F. M~z.mL 1865, is described from the coastal waters off Rio Grando do Sul, Brazil. The new species belongs to the family Olindiasidae. It is named Aglauropsis h~wari sp. n. and differs from the other species of the genus by the number of tentacles and statocyst~ and, mainly, by the shape and position of the gonads. The possibility of AgIaurops/s agass/zi ~Iffr,Ta~m, t865 and A. ~awar/sp. n. being synonyms is discussed. The vague description of the former dooB not permit r assumption.