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The Occurrence Of The Remarkable Scyphozoan, Deepstaria Enigmatica, In The Gulf Of Mexico And Some Observations On Cnidarian Symbionts, Philip J. Phillips
The Occurrence Of The Remarkable Scyphozoan, Deepstaria Enigmatica, In The Gulf Of Mexico And Some Observations On Cnidarian Symbionts, Philip J. Phillips
Gulf and Caribbean Research
On 8 July 1965 one damaged specimen of the remarkable scyphozoan, Deepstaria enigmatica Russell 1967, was taken in the course of a sampling program conducted by the Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University in a ten-foot Issacs-Kidd midwater trawl in the Yucatan Basin. The trawl was put into water at Lat. 19" 58' N, Long. 85" 14' W. This is the first report of Deepstaria in the Atlantic region. This medusa is otherwise known only from the Pacific Ocean where it has been captured by slurp gun from the submersible Deepstar over the San Diego Trench and has been taken …