Chirodectes maculatus

Chirodectes maculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chirodropida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Cubozoa Ordo: Chirodropida

Familia: Chirodropidae
Genus: Chirodectes
Species: Chirodectes maculatus

Name

Chirodectes maculatus (Cornelius, Fenner & Hore, 2005: 401)

• Original genus: Chiropsalmus Agassiz, 1862
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated and unique
  • Description: [Adult]
  • Repository: QMG 316989
• Type locality: 'Just inside Outer Barrier Reef, NE Queensland, 43 km off mainland, 15° 59.050'S, 145° 49.294'E' [AUSTRALIA QLD]
• ZooBank: 5354AB0D-98BA-4387-8EAF-C1C10D15B271

References

• Cornelius, P.F.S.; Fenner, P.J.; Hore, R. 2005: Chiropsalmus maculatus sp. nov, a cubomedusa from the Great Barrier Reef. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 51(2): 399–405. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 401; and figs. 1-6; original description]
• Gershwin, L.-A. 2006: Comments on Chiropsalmus (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida): a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae, with descriptions of two new genera and two new species. Zootaxa 1231(1): 1–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1231.1.1 Reference page.  [See p. 16; 'comb. nov']