Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Bougainvilliidae medusae with simple, circular mouth, with simple unbranched oral tentacles, inserted well above mouth rim and armed with concentration of nematocysts; umbrella with four marginal bulbs lacking without tentacles; gonads situated on the interradial or perradial region of the manubrium.
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- bibliographic citation
- Guo D, Xu Z, Huang J, Lin M, Wang C. (2018). Taxonomic notes on Hydroidomedusae (Cnidaria) from the South China Sea IV: Family Bougainvilliidae (Anthomedusae). <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 98-103.
- contributor
- Schuchert, Peter [email]