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Main Authors: Gamero-Mora, Edgar, Osorio, Ivan A. Castellanos, Celis, Laura, Mendoza-Becerril, María A.
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Published: Zenodo 2026
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18385228
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  • <p><i>Nausithoe punctata</i> Kölliker, 1853</p><p><b>Distribution</b></p><p>See Fig. 1, Mendoza-Becerril et al. (2025).</p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><i>Nausithoe punctata</i> was the most frequently recorded coronate medusa in the Mexican Caribbean (Table 2, Fig. 2 b). This is a shallow-water species and has a broad distribution, being present in the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, North Atlantic and multiple localities in the Caribbean — Puerto Rico, Saint Croix, Venezuela, Cuba and Belize (Márquez et al. 2006, Molinari et al. 2023, Morejón-Arrojo and Rodríguez-Viera 2025). <i>Nausithoe punctata</i> can be distinguished from the closely-related <i>N. maculata</i> by the absence of pigmentation in the lappets and its larger body size (Molinari et al. 2023).</p>