TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ahuatzin-Hernández, José María
A1  - Hernández-Solís, Pablo Alberto
A1  - León-Deniz, Lorena Violeta
T1  - First record of the genus Staurocladia (Hydrozoa: Cladonematidae) in the Gulf of Mexico with the description of Staurocladia dzilamensis sp. nov., a new species of crawling hydromedusa
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - The Cladonematidae are a family of hydrozoans with a worldwide distribution and morphological adaptations for a benthic mode of life. Species of this family are characterized by high morphological variability, which has caused many taxonomical debates, mainly for the species of the genera Eleutheria Quatrefages, 1842 and Staurocladia Hartlaub, 1917. Herein, we describe Staurocladia dzilamensis sp. nov., a new species of crawling hydromedusa from the southern Gulf of Mexico. This finding also constitutes the first record of the genus Staurocladia for the Gulf of Mexico. The presence of additional nematocyst clusters, supplementing the apical one on the upper branch of the tentacles, places it within Staurocladia. The presence of exumbrellar buds, a conspicuous marginal ring of nematocysts, 6–11 bifid tentacles with lower branches longer than their upper counterpart, the cnidome with stenoteles of two size classes, and two nematocyst clusters on the upper branch supplementing the apical one, opposite placed alternately on its aboral and oral sides permits to differentiate S. dzilamensis from its congeners. A taxonomic key for the species of Staurocladia is provided.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 921:251-275 
KW  - Medusozoa
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Anthoathecata
KW  - Yucatan
Y1  - 2024
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73645
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-736454
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2024
IS  - 921
SP  - 251
EP  - 275
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -