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A new macromedusa from the coast of Mozambique: Aurelia mozambica sp. nov (Scyphozoa: Ulmaridae)

  • 1. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy simoscorrano@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-0172
  • 2. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy simoscorrano@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-0172 & kuplik3@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7030-3494
  • 3. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy simoscorrano@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-0172 & kuyperd@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5784-4157
  • 4. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy simoscorrano@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-0172 & verenaras@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3938-7241
  • 5. Aix Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France
  • 6. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy simoscorrano@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-0172 & adengelbrecht@uwc.ac.za; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8846-4069 & mgibbons@uwc.ac.za; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8320-8151

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Brown, Michael, Scorrano, Simonetta, Kuplik, Zafrir, Kuyper, Drikus, Ras, Verena, Thibault, Delphine, Engelbrecht, Adriaan (2021): A new macromedusa from the coast of Mozambique: Aurelia mozambica sp. nov (Scyphozoa: Ulmaridae). Zootaxa 4933 (2): 263-276, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.5

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