AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF MERONA (CNIDARIA, HYDROZOA, CLAVIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN SPAIN WITH REMARKS ON OTHER SPECIES OF THE GENUS

Authors
MEDEL MD GARCIAGOMEZ JC BOUILLON J
Citation
Md. Medel et al., AN UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF MERONA (CNIDARIA, HYDROZOA, CLAVIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN SPAIN WITH REMARKS ON OTHER SPECIES OF THE GENUS, Journal of Natural History, 27(3), 1993, pp. 513-519
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of Natural History → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222933
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
513 - 519
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2933(1993)27:3<513:AUSOM(>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Presently two species of the genus Merona are known: Merona cornucopia e Norman, 1864 and Merona operculata Watson, 1978. A hitherto unknown species is described herein as M. ibera sp. nov., and compared with th ese two. It has gastrozooids and dactylozooids similar to those of M. cornucopiae, but its female gonozooids are different, being smaller an d having the gonophores placed distally. The gonophores contain many s mall eggs and have a 'button' of nematocysts (microbasic euryteles) at the tip.