First Record of Rhizostome Jellyfish Catostylus perezi Ranson 1945 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from the Indian Coast

First jellyfish records for Qatar and further notes on Scyphomedusae species from the Arabian Gulf (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

“…The Scyphomedusae genus Catostylus is widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Kramp, 1970), and with a single species reported for Atlantic waters, Catostylus tagi Haeckel, 1869 (Kramp, 1961). The species Catostylus perezi is endemic to the NW Indian Ocean, mostly the Arabian Sea and Arabian-Persian Gulf (Ranson, 1945; Gul & Morandini, 2013; Riyas et al ., 2019). In Pakistani coastal waters the species is fished together with Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888) and exported (Gul et al ., 2015 a ).…”

“…The Scyphomedusae fauna of the Arabian/Persian Gulf is poor if compared with the rich Indian Ocean nearby (Rao, 1931; Stiasny, 1937; Nair, 1951; Tahera & Kazmi, 2006; Muhammed & Sultana, 2007; Daryanabard & Dawson, 2008; Gul & Morandini, 2013, 2015; Gul et al ., 2014, 2015 a , 2015 b , 2015 c ; Pourjomeh et al ., 2018; Riyas et al ., 2019; Gul, 2020; Mondal & Asha Devi, 2020). The number of species reported and confirmed specifically from the Arabian/Persian Gulf area is only seven: Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775), Catostylus perezi Ranson, 1945, Chrysaora sp., Crambionella orsini (Vanhöffen, 1888), Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye, 1891, Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775) and Sanderia malayensis Goette, 1886 (Ranson, 1945; Kramp, 1956; Daryanabard & Dawson, 2008; Nabipour et al ., 2015; Pourjomeh et al ., 2018).…”