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] Originally belonging to the genus Pelagia, it was later moved into its own genus, which was named after the Arab warrior-queen Mavia.[4] Although described based on specimens from the Adriatic Sea, a part of the Mediterranean, it was speculated that these might be transplants (via ballast water) rather than a part of its natural range.[2] A later study found specimens in Senegal, indicating that its natural range possibly is the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa.[5]
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This is the first recorded find of M. Benovici in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. -
A view from below reveals gonads of yellow color, which means that the jellyfish is male. -
A view of the top of the bell. -
Jellyfish and its reflection on the sea surface.
| Mawia | |
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| Mawia benovici | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Pelagiidae |
| Genus: | Mawia Avian, Ramšak, Tirelli, D'Ambra & Malej, 2016 |
| Species: | M. benovici
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| Binomial name | |
| Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014)
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References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ a b "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 (12 May 2014). "New jellyfish species identified in Gulf of Venice | World news". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ Avian, M.; Ramšak, A.; Tirelli, V.; D'ambra, I.; Malej, A. (2016). Redescription of Pelagia benovici into a new jellyfish genus, Mawia, gen. nov., and its phylogenetic position within Pelagiidae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Semaeostomeae). Invertebrate Systematics. 30(6), 523-546. doi:10.1071/IS1601
- ^ Gaffney, Patrick M.; Collins, Allen G.; Bayha, Keith M. (2017). "Multigene phylogeny of the scyphozoan jellyfish family Pelagiidae reveals that the common U.S. Atlantic sea nettle comprises two distinct species (Chrysaora quinquecirrha and C. chesapeakei)". PeerJ. 5: e3863. doi:10.7717/peerj.3863. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5642265. PMID 29043109.
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