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Issue: Vol. 3990 No. 2: 24 Jul. 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-07-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.10
Page range: 296–300
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 3

Nemopsis mianzani n. sp. (Hydrozoa, Bougainvilliidae), a new hydromedusa from central Chile

Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Rua Arcturus, 03, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil, 09606-070.
Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía y Programa de Magister en Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Barrio Universitario S/N, Concepción, Chile.
Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, P.O. Box 1020, Valparaíso, Chile.
Gelatinous zooplankton Hydroidolina Hydrozoa Medusozoa Southeastern Pacific

Abstract

The genus Nemopsis, a bougainvillid hydrozoan with a dominant medusa phase, currently includes three species (Nemopsis bachei, N. dofleini and N. hexacanalis), all characterized by the presence of a pair of club-shaped tentacles in the median portion of the marginal bulbs. In this paper, we describe a fourth species, based on the medusa collected off Dichato, central Chilean coast.