Sightings and strandings of the large, rarely observed jellyfish; Keesingia gigas Gershwin, 2014 (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Alatinidae) in north-western Australia

John Keesing

doi:10.15468/erbcgz

Sightings and strandings of the large, rarely observed jellyfish; Keesingia gigas Gershwin, 2014 (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Alatinidae) in north-western Australia

Citation

John K. Keesing, Peter Barne3, Brooke Ingram, Lisa-Ann Gershwin, Dongyan Liu & Dirk Slawinski (2020) Sightings, strandings and Irukandji Syndrome caused by envenomations of the large, rarely observed jellyfish; Keesingia gigas Gershwin, 2014 (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Alatinidae) in north-western Australia. Plankton Benthos Res 15(2): 156–167. doi: 10.3800/pbr.15.156 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

The jellyfish Keesingia gigas Gershwin, 2014 was previously only known from the holotype collected off Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay in 2012, two underwater photographs and some anecdotal reports of envenomations. This dataset is the first survey to identify its occurrences both at sea or strandings. Data from the John K. Keesing et al (2020) Sightings, strandings and Irukandji Syndrome caused by envenomations of the large, rarely observed jellyfish; Keesingia gigas Gershwin, 2014 (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Alatinidae) in north-western Australia. Plankton Benthos Res 15(2): 156–167, 2020. doi: 10.3800/pbr.15.156

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Keesingia gigas
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Exmouth Gulf, north-western Australia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

John Keesing
originator
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley
Western Australia
AU
email: John.Keesing@csiro.au

John Keesing
metadata author
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley
Western Australia
AU
email: John.Keesing@csiro.au

OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Data Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplande
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au

John Keesing
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley
Western Australia
AU
email: John.Keesing@csiro.au