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FIGURE 2 in Revision of the genus Carybdea (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): clarifying the identity of its type species Carybdea marsupialis

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FIGURE 2. Characters for identification of Carybdea species (species in order of appearance in the text; preserved specimens). C. arborifera: A) adult medusa (preserved) B) rounded pedalial canal knee bend C) epaulette-shaped gastric phacellus, note multiple stems of gastric filaments (arrow) D) two short-stemmed (arrow), brush-shaped gastric filaments E) octant of velarium with 2 velarial canal roots, note broad and quite simple branching structure of velarial canals. C. branchi: F) adult medusa (preserved) G) colourful pedalium of living specimen H) epaulette-shaped gastric phacellus I) close up of base of gastric phacellus, note single root as origin of gastric filaments (arrow) J) octant of velarium with 2 velarial canal roots, note complex lobes and branching structure of velarial canals.

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Published as part of Acevedo, Melissa J., Straehler-Pohl, Ilka, Morandini, André C., Stampar, Sergio N., Bentlage, Bastian, Matsumoto, George I., Yanagihara, Angel, Toshino, Sho, Bordehore, César & Fuentes, Verónica L., 2019, Revision of the genus Carybdea (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): clarifying the identity of its type species Carybdea marsupialis, pp. 515-548 in Zootaxa 4543 (4) on page 527, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2618013

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