Mawia
| Mawia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Pelagiidae |
| Genus: | Mawia Avian, Ramšak, Tirelli, D'Ambra & Malej, 2016 |
| Species: | M. benovici |
| Binomial name | |
| Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mawia is a genus of jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae. It is a monotypic genus with the sole species Mawia benovici.[1] The team who discovered this jellyfish named it benovici after a late colleague, Adam Benovic.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ↑ "Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea | PIRAINO | Zootaxa". Biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ↑ Lizzy Davies in Rome. "New jellyfish species identified in Gulf of Venice | World news". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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