Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56

Range extension of the Cubozoan, Tripedalia binata Moore (Cnideria: Carybdeida: Carybdeidae) from far north Queensland, Australia

Underwood, A.H., Taylor, S. & Seymour, J.E.

Published online: 30 June 2013

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Underwood, A.H., Taylor, S. & Seymour, J.E. 2013. Range extension of the Cubozoan, Tripedalia binata Moore (Cnideria: Carybdeida: Carybdeidae) from far north Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(2): 607-613. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-15

Published online

30 June 2013

Peer reviewed

Yes

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-15

Keywords

Tripedalia binata, cubozoan, range, jellyfish, carybdeid, morphology

Abstract

The occurrence of Tripedalia binata, a small species of carybdeid jellyfish previously known in Australia only from specimens collected in the Northern Territory, is recorded from three new locations in North Queensland. Photographic documentation of the morphology of T. binata is also presented herein.