Mawia benovici

Mawia benovici

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Semaeostomeae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Medusozoa Classis: Scyphozoa Subclassis: Discomedusae Ordo: Semaeostomeae

Familia: Pelagiidae
Genus: Mawia
Species: Mawia benovici

Name

Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014)

• Holotype: CN54CH, Venice lagoon.

Synonymy

• Pelagia benovici Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014 (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Piraino, S., Aglieri, G., Martell, L., Mazzoldi, C., Melli, V., Milisenda, G., Scorrano, S. & Boero, F. 2014. Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 3794(3): 455–468. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.7 Reference page. 
• Avian, M., Ramšak, A., Tirelli, V., D'Ambra, I. & Malej, A. 2016. Redescription of Pelagia benovici into a new jellyfish genus, Mawia, gen. nov., and its phylogenetic position within Pelagiidae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Semaeostomeae). Invertebrate Systematics 30(6), 523–546. DOI: 10.1071/IS16010 Reference page. 

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