Muggiaea Busch 1851

Muggiaea atlantica, which is a single nectophore (8 mm long in this individul), captured in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on a 60-m vertical plankton tow. Ventral view, with the mouth to the left. A right-side view of the same nectophore is shown below. The green spheres are diatoms. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, August 2014)

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Microsope specimen image of IZ COE 58907; Anterior Nectophore; image 3; Scale Bar = 2 mm

Microsope specimen image of IZ COE 58907; Anterior Nectophore; image 4; Scale Bar = 2 mm

Microsope specimen image of IZ COE 58907; Anterior Nectophore; image 6; Scale Bar = 2 mm

Microsope specimen image of IZ COE 58907; Anterior Nectophore; image 5; Scale Bar = 2 mm

Microsope specimen image of IZ COE 58907; Anterior Nectophore; image 2; Scale Bar = 2 mm

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Muggiaea kochii (Will, 1844) (Siphonophorae, Calycophorae, Diphydae), nectophore; size up to 7 mm, quite frequent in the Mediterranean. The author has granted permission to MarBEF/VLIZ to use this picture in ERMS and related biological databases hosted at VLIZ. Source: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/hydrozoa/hydrozoa-directory.htm