FIGURE 10. Comparison between adult C. marsupialis and C in Revision of the genus Carybdea (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): clarifying the identity of its type species Carybdea marsupialis

FIGURE 10. Comparison between adult C. marsupialis and C. xaymacana (preserved specimens): A) thick apex and gastric phacellae of C. marsupialis B) upper exumbrella and phacellae of C. xaymacana C) pedalial canal with rounded knee bend (arrow) in C. marsupialis D) volcano-shaped to triangular knee bend (arrow) in C. xaymacana E) original line drawing of C. marsupialis velarial canals (arrows) by Claus (1878) F) original line drawing of C. xaymacana velarial canals by Conant (1898). Velarial canals on the specimens observed in this publication G) C. marsupialis, 3 velarial canals (arrows) per octant (= 6 per quadrant) with different complexity H) C. xaymacana, 2 biforked velarial canals (arrows) per octant (= 4 per quadrant). Photographs: E. Obis.