Lisa-ann Gershwin and Allen G. Collins. 2002. A preliminary phylogeny of Pelagiidae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa), with new observations of Chrysaora colorata comb. nov. Journal of Natural History, 36: 127-148.

SUGGESTED REFERENCE:

Gershwin, L. and Collins, A. G. 2002. A preliminary phylogeny of Pelagiidae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa), with new observations of Chrysaora colorata comb. nov. Journal of Natural History, 36: 127-148. Supplemental Internet Archive: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/archdata/Gershwin_Collins/Pelagiidae.html.

These supplemental data are intended to illustrate the characters and taxa beyond what was possible within the confines of the published paper.

CHARACTER 2. Rhopaliar pits (see also Russell 1970: p.78, fig. 42b, and p.92, fig. 50b):

0= shallow

1=deep but blind

1also=deep and open [image currently unavailable]

2=absent [image currently unavailable]

CHARACTER 3. Septa shape:

0=straight

1=bent

2=S-shaped [image currently unavailable]

CHARACTER 4. Septa termination:

0=near tentacles

1=near rhopalia [image currently unavailable]

2=in between

CHARACTER 5. Spiral oral arms:

0=not spiraled

1=spiral

CHARACTER 6. Manubrium length:

0=elongated

1=short

CHARACTER 10. Lappets in size classes:

0=same sizes [image currently unavailable]

1=different sizes

CHARACTER 11. Exumbrellar warts/papillae:

0=inconspicuous

1=conspicuous

CHARACTER 15. Exumbrella marks:

0=no star

1=star: dark on light

1also=star: light on dark

1also=star: speckled star

CHARACTER 16. Ephyra nematocyst pattern:

0=no pattern: e.g. Pelagia pattern after Russell 1970: 82, fig. 45

1=pattern patches: e.g. Chrysaora pattern

CHARACTER 18. Quadralinga:

0=inconspicuous/lacking

1=distinct

CHARACTER 19. Gonads:

0=not contained within pouch

1=contained in pouch

CHARACTER 20. Gonad shape:

0=not finger-like: pouch-like

0also=ribbon-like

1=finger-like

1. Tentacle base

with ridges

without ridges

2. Inter-lappettal webs

[images currently unavailable]

3. Sex differences

female gonad

male gonad