Mawia
Mawia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Semaeostomeae |
Family: | Pelagiidae |
Genus: | Mawia Avian, Ramšak, Tirelli, D'Ambra & Malej, 2016 |
Species: | M. benovici
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Binomial name | |
Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014)
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Synonyms | |
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Mawia is a genus of jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae. It is a monotypic genus with the sole species Mawia benovici.[1] The team who discovered this jellyfish named it benovici after a late colleague, Adam Benovic.[2][3] Although described based on specimens from the Adriatic Sea, a part of the Mediterranean, it was speculated that these might be transplants (via ballast water) rather than a part of its natural range.[2] A later study found specimens in Senegal, indicating that its natural range possibly is the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.[4]
References[]
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ a b "Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea | PIRAINO | Zootaxa". Biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ Lizzy Davies in Rome. "New jellyfish species identified in Gulf of Venice | World news". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ Gaffney, Patrick M.; Collins, Allen G.; Bayha, Keith M. (2017). "Multigene phylogeny of the scyphozoan jellyfish family Pelagiidae reveals that the common U.S. Atlantic sea nettle comprises two distinct species (Chrysaora quinquecirrha and C. chesapeakei)". PeerJ. 5: e3863. doi:10.7717/peerj.3863. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5642265. PMID 29043109.
Categories:
- Pelagiidae
- Animals described in 2014
- Monotypic cnidarian genera
- Scyphozoan genera
- Scyphozoan stubs