FIGURE 4 in Redescription of Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean

FIGURE 4. Alatina alata specimens, preserved and live (all except A–C from Kralendijk, Bonaire (The Netherlands) the same locality as the neotype). A. USNM 53659, oral view of manubrium and four crescentric gastric phacellae in each corner of the stomach (BW=19 mm, BH=47 mm). B. USNM 53659, dissected tuft of gastric cirri from crescentric gastric phacella. C. USNM 53659, dissected gastric cirri, appearing as central mass in stomach of developing medusa (BW=10 mm, BH=22 mm). D. USNM 1195807, gastric phacellae and adjacent ripe paired gonads in preserved female medusa. E. USNM 1195807, dissected... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Lewis, Cheryl
Bentlage, Bastian
Yanagihara, Angel
Gillan, William
Blerk, Johan Van
Keil, Daniel P.
Bely, Alexandra E.
Collins, Allen G.
Dokumenttyp: other
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Schlagwörter: Biodiversity / Taxonomy / Animalia / Cnidaria / Cubozoa / Carybdeida / Alatinidae / Alatina
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27466392
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FIGURE 4. Alatina alata specimens, preserved and live (all except A–C from Kralendijk, Bonaire (The Netherlands) the same locality as the neotype). A. USNM 53659, oral view of manubrium and four crescentric gastric phacellae in each corner of the stomach (BW=19 mm, BH=47 mm). B. USNM 53659, dissected tuft of gastric cirri from crescentric gastric phacella. C. USNM 53659, dissected gastric cirri, appearing as central mass in stomach of developing medusa (BW=10 mm, BH=22 mm). D. USNM 1195807, gastric phacellae and adjacent ripe paired gonads in preserved female medusa. E. USNM 1195807, dissected crescentric gastric phacella from mature medusa. F. USNM 1195806, lateral view of manubrium with mouth lips curled up. G. Live mature medusa, gonads beginning to rupture following a reproductive swarming episode (live, BW=60, BH=90). H. USNM 1195807, gonads dissected from mature female, bilayer of mature oocytes visible along adradial point of rupture. Live photographs by T. Peters (Fish Eye Photography Bonaire) and A. Yanagihara. (Fish Eye Photography, Bonaire). Abbreviations: eg=eggs, gc=gastric cirri, ma=manubrium, ml=mouth lips, pb=primary branch, ph=gastric phacellae (comprises gastric cirri), is=interradial septum. Scale bars: 5 mm (A & D), 2mm (B, C, E, F, H). ; Published as part of Lewis, Cheryl, Bentlage, Bastian, Yanagihara, Angel, Gillan, William, Blerk, Johan Van, Keil, Daniel P., Bely, Alexandra E. & Collins, Allen G., 2013, Redescription of Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean, pp. 473-487 in Zootaxa 3737 (4) on page 480, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/5270497