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INTRODUCTION
Tripedalia cystophora Conant, 1897 is a small box jellyfish from the family Tripedaliidae, commonly known as the Caribbean box jellyfish. It was originally described in Jamaica (Conant, 1897) where it was reported to exist in great abundance in summer (Mayer, 1910). It has since been recorded from other parts of the world (Table 1), suggesting a broad pan-tropical distribution (Kingsford & Mooney, 2014).
Table 1.
Known distribution for Tripedalia cystophora. Atlas of Living Australia (ALA); bell height (BH); Encyclopaedia of Life (EOL); The Natural History Museum (NHM); Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden (RMNH); Smithsonian Institution (SI); Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (USNM).
Locality | Notes | References |
Port Henderson, Kingston Harbour, Jamaica | Extinct in type locality | Conant, 1897 |
Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines | RMNH 7072, coll. P.B. Sivickis, summer 1924; 6 specimens, 12.95-4.39 mm BH | Stiasny, 1926a |
Ecuador | Hamburg Museum*1 | Thiel, 1936 |
Aitsu Marine Station, Japan | 2 specimens, ~6 mm BH | Uchida, 1970 |
La Parguera, Puerto Rico | USNM 54410 coll. R.J. Larson 11 August 1973; approximately 20 specimens | Werner et al., 1971 |
La Parguera, Puerto Rico | QM G317042, coll. P. Fenner, 1970s; 3 specimens | This publication; ALA, 2014 |
La Parguera, Puerto Rico | USNM 56778, coll. R.J. Larson, 11 August 1973; 11 specimens | SI online, 2014 |
La Parguera, Puerto Rico | USNM 544773, coll. R.J. Larson, 11 August 1973; 10 specimens | SI online, 2014 |
Atalaia, Pará, Brazil | MNRJ 1025, coll. F.C. Rebello, 12 July 1986; 3 specimens, 8-11 mm BH | Morandini et al., 2005 |
Lake Wyman in Florida, USA | Estuarine | Orellana & Collins, 2011 |
Phuket Island, Thailand | Tidal flats: QM G335084 | This publication |
Kakaban, Indonesia | NHM 1995.2-5 | This publication |
Kakaban, Indonesia | USNM 1124553-1124557*25 specimens, coll. M. Dawson, October 2003 | Bentlage et al., 2010 |
Sagittarius Lake, Grand Bahama | Isolated marine lake; NHM 1985.7.30.1 | This publication |
Aldabra Atoll, Picard Island, Bassin Cabri, Seychelles | USNM 1078123, coll. C. Glasby, 30 May 1990, 15 cm depth; 1 specimen ~1 cm BH | ALA, 2014; EOL, 2014; SI online, 2014; this publication |
Aldabra Atoll, Picard Island, Bassin Cabri, Seychelles | USNM 1102214, coll. M.J. Sweeney, 6 April 1983; 4 specimens | SI online,2014; this publication |
Comoros | Collection data unknown | EOL, 2014; this publication |
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | QM G333725, coll. 27 February 2014;... |