JPR Advance Access originally published online on July 22, 2006
Journal of Plankton Research 2006 28(10):959-963; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbl025
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Description of Jubanyella plemmyris gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) from a specimen stranded off Jubany Antarctic station, with a new diagnosis for the family Aeginidae
1 Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polarund Meeresforschung, Columbusstraße, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany, 2 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina and 3 Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
* Corresponding Author: vfuentes{at}awi-bremerhaven.de
Received November 15, 2005; accepted in principle December 12, 2005; accepted for publication July 6, 2006; published online July 22, 2006
Communicating editor: K.J. Flynn
Jubanyella plemmyris, a new genus and species of aeginid narcomedusan, is described from one complete specimen stranded on Potter Cove beach, King George Island, Southern Ocean. The new genus and species is proposed in order to accommodate the specimen described in the family Aeginidae; Jubanyella gen. nov. contains undivided stomach pouches, therefore necessitating a new diagnosis for this family.