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First record of the Caribbean box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora in Australian waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2014

Merrick Ekins  and
Lisa Gershwin
Merrick Ekins*
Affiliation:
Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lisa Gershwin
Affiliation:
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Ekins, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia email: merrick.ekins@qm.qld.gov.au
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Abstract

This is the first published report of this species in Australia as well as the Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Thailand and Grand Bahama. Originally described from Jamaica, Tripedalia cystophora has since been found in the Philippines, Ecuador, Japan, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Indonesia and Florida. Moreover, this report from Australia is now the southerly-most locality for this species, bringing its total global distribution from 32°N to 28°S latitude. Because of its broad and expanding distribution, and its preferred habitat of mangrove thickets that occur at higher latitudes than its current distribution, T. cystophora may become a model organism for tracking climate-related high latitude range expansion.

Keywords

TripedaliidaeCubozoaCubomedusaeAustraliadistributiontaxonomy
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e127
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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