Medusae of the world . a,e 3 fiK- 4- Bell probably hemispherical, 5 or 6 mm. wide. 4 long radial tentacles, with elongatecylindrical basal bulbs. 18 to 20 marginal bulbs on each quadrant ot the margin, each bulbwith a lateral cirrus. 8 lithocysts near the 4 tentacles. Concretions ( ?) 4 straight narrowradial-canals. Peduncle about twice as long as bell-diameter, with a dome-like base andelongate 4-sided,prismatic, central part. Stomach small,with 4 short lips with sinuously foldedmargins 8 gonads, 2 on each radial-canal. They are well developed over the middle two-thirds of the subumbrella len
Medusae of the world . a,e 3 fiK- 4- Bell probably hemispherical, 5 or 6 mm. wide. 4 long radial tentacles, with elongatecylindrical basal bulbs. 18 to 20 marginal bulbs on each quadrant ot the margin, each bulbwith a lateral cirrus. 8 lithocysts near the 4 tentacles. Concretions ( ?) 4 straight narrowradial-canals. Peduncle about twice as long as bell-diameter, with a dome-like base andelongate 4-sided,prismatic, central part. Stomach small,with 4 short lips with sinuously foldedmargins 8 gonads, 2 on each radial-canal. They are well developed over the middle two-thirds of the subumbrella lengths of the 4 radial-canals. Galle Bay, Ceylon, June to related to E. campanula, but distinguished by having only 4 tentacles istead ot campanuhta, however, is often found with but 4 tentacles and immature gonads. Whenmature it appears to have 8 or more tentacles. E. orientalis is probably only a variety ot ** which becomes mature ( ?) when it has 4 tentacles. Browne studied 10 300 MEDUSA OF THE WORLD. Eutima curva Browne. Eutima curva, Browne, 1905, Report Pearl Oyster Fisheries, Gulf of Manaar, p. 138, plate 3, figs. 1-3. Bell 10 mm. wide, 6 mm. high, walls quite thick. 4 radially placed tentacles with long,tapering, cone-shaped, laterally compressed, basal bulbs, which curve upward over margin ofumbrella. 30 to 35 marginal bulbs on each quadrant of the margin, with usually one, occa-sionally 2, coiled cirri alongside each bulb. 8 adradial lithocysts, each with 8 to 10 concre-tions arranged in a semicircle. 4 narrow radial-canals. Peduncle as long as bell-diameter,4-sided, pyramidal above, prismatic below. Stomach small, about twice as long as wide, with4 small lips with sinuous margins. 4 gonads along nearly the entire length of the prismaticlower part of the peduncle over the 4 radial-canals. Mature ( ?) Tentacle-bulbs haveblackish pigment at their apices. Found off Mutwal Island, west coast of Ceylon in one specimen obs
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