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New records of two jellyfish medusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Catostylidae: Cubozoa: Chirodropidae) from Pakistani waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Qaseem Tahera  and
Quddusi B. Kazmi
Qaseem Tahera*
Affiliation:
Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
Quddusi B. Kazmi
Affiliation:
Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Qaseem Tahera, Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan email: qaseem_tahera@yahoo.com
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Abstract

During a routine visit to ‘Nasima Tirmizi Marine Research Station’ (NTMRS) at Sandspit, Karachi, specimens of a Cubozoan jellyfish Chiropsalmus buitendijki belonging to the order Chirodropida and Chirodropidae family, were collected. An earlier occurrence of this species at the same location was observed in the same season and reported by us. This family is of particular interest to science as it includes some of the most dangerous jellyfish. Another species, a large scyphozoan jellyfish Catostylus mosaicus, which belongs to the order Rhizostomeae and family Catostylidae, was netted alive from the Korangi Creek during a routine shore collection trip. The scyphozoan genus and species are both new records for the area. The rhizostome jellyfish are harvested for food the world over. A brief description of the species collected from Karachi waters (northern Arabian Sea) is given with notes on their distribution, ecology and habitat. The importance of jellyfish in fishery is also discussed.

Keywords

ChirodropidChiropsalmus buitendijkiScyphozoanCatostylus mosaicusnew recordsPakistan
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e30
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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