Abstract
A preliminary study of the scyphomedusae of southern Australian waters revealed the presence of several species new to science and some species previously unrecorded from the region (south of 30 S). Atolla wyvillei is confirmed as belonging to the southern Australian fauna and A. vanhoeffeni and the genera Paraphyllina and Periphylla are recorded as new for the Australian region. Four species are described as new to science; Chrysaora kynthia, sp. nov., C. southcotti, sp. nov., C. wurlerra, sp. nov., and Desmonema scoresbyanna, sp. nov.References
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