Pelagiidae Gegenbaur 1856
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.7 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3DBA821B-D43C-43E3-9E5D-8060AC2150C7 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5082811 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F14087A5-FFED-ED2E-2FBE-7E7509E5FD46 |
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Felipe |
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Pelagiidae Gegenbaur 1856 |
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Family Pelagiidae Gegenbaur 1856 View in CoL
Diagnosis of the genus Pelagia Péron & Lesueur 1809 (redefined, after Gershwin & Collins 2002)
Pelagiidae with exumbrella covered by conspicuous cnidocyst warts; eight marginal tentacles alternating with eight marginal sense-organs located on shallow sensory pits; 16 marginal lappets; 16 unbranched, simple radial septa terminating between sense organs and tentacles, dividing the gastrovascular sinus into 8 tentacular and 8 rhopalial separate pouches that do not communicate with neighbouring pouches at the umbrella margin. Direct life cycle without polyp stage.
Type species: Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål 1775)
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