This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Gershwin, Lisa-Ann, Zeidler, Wolfgang (2008): Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters. Zootaxa 1744: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274217
Abstract
A preliminary study of the scyphomedusae of southern Australian waters revealed the presence of several species new to science and some species previously unrecorded from the region (south of 30ºS). Atolla wyvillei is confirmed as belonging to the southern Australian fauna and A. vanhoeffeni and the genera Paraphyllina and Periphylla are recorded as new for the Australian region. Four species are described as new to science; Chrysaora kynthia, sp. nov., C. southcotti, sp. nov., C. wurlerra, sp. nov., and Desmonema scoresbyanna, sp. nov.
Key words: Southern Australia, scyphomedusae, Atolla, Paraphyllina, Periphylla, Chrysaora, Pelagia, Desmonema, new records, new species, taxonomy, nomenclature
Gershwin L, Zeidler W, plazi (2008). Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.274217 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.
