Medusae (aka jellyfish) have multiphasic life cycles and a propensity to adapt to, and
proliferate in, a plethora of aquatic habitats, connecting them to a number of ecological and …

Genetic and morphological analyses were used to revise historical controversies in
identities of Beroe species in the southern seas of Europe. DNA analyses with ITS …

Online biogeographic databases are increasingly being used as data sources for scientific
papers and reports, for example, to characterize global patterns and predictors of marine …

The blue bottle genus Physalia is one of the well-known siphonophore belonging to the
Cnidaria, Hydrozoa. Physalia is also known as a ferocious predator, occasionally stinging …

Simple Summary In this study, we describe a new genus and species of hydromedusa
belonging to the family Halimedusidae (Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata) that is found off Oarai …

Large numbers of the leptomedusa Earleria bruuni were observed inside a semi-closed
deep-sea caldera during a comparative survey of the macrozooplankton fauna inside and …

There are three Turritopsis species in Japanese waters: Turritopsis pacifica is distributed in
the north of the Kanto region, Turritopsis sp. 2 is distributed in the south of the Kanto region …

A new genus and species of sympagic trachymedusa, Glaciambulata neumayeri gen. et sp.
nov., are described based on material from Antarctica. Its generic features are compared to …

Numerous studies have been carried out on marine taxa of the Gulf of Aqaba region, but few
have concentrated on gelatinous zooplankton. Here, a new collection of pelagic hydrozoan …

A new hydromedusa belonging to the order Anthoathecata is reported from Sagami Bay,
eastern Japan. Tiaricodon orientalis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other Tiaricodon …