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First record of the crowned jellyfish Netrostoma coerulescens (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from Pakistani waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2015

Shahnawaz Gul ,
André C. Morandini  and
Mohammad Moazzam
Shahnawaz Gul*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Government Degree College, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan
André C. Morandini
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, n. 101, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
Mohammad Moazzam
Affiliation:
WWF-Pakistan, 46-K, Block 6, PECHS, Karachi 75400, Pakistan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Gul, Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Government Degree College, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan email: gulshahnawaz@yahoo.com
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Abstract

This report presents the first record of the crowned jellyfish Netrostoma coerulescens from Pakistani waters and establishes its first confirmed record from the Arabian Sea. The jellyfish is briefly described and compared with its congeners. In the region, this is the second record of the genus; the first was Netrostoma setouchianum.

Keywords

RhizostomeaeCepheidaecrowned jellyfishArabian SeaIndo-Pacific
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e156
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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