Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Colonies mostly stolonal, with perisarc terminating at hydranth base; hydranth thick, clavate; tentacles filiform, in 2-3 whorls below hypostome; those of one whorl more or less alternating with those of adjecent whols, hypostome proboscis-like, extensible; gonophores fixed sporosacs, borne on gonozooids beneath tentacles.
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- bibliographic citation
- Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp.
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- Schuchert, Peter [email]
Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Polyp colonies branched or unbranched. The perisarc reaches up to the base of the hydranth which is thickened and club-shaped. The filiform tentacles are arranged in one whorl around the base of the hypostome. The gonophores are sporosacs on short stalks below the tentacles.
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp.
- contributor
- Schuchert, Peter [email]
