dcsimg

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Siphonophores with a relatively large pneumatophore and without nectosome; pneumatophore with apical pore; siphosome bears gastrozooids, with tentacles, and gonodendra, but no bracts; gonodendron with gonopalpons, gonophores and asexual swimming bells. Gonophores on a single colony are all of the same sex.

References

  • Schuchert, P.
  • Drummond, R.B. (1981) Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 184 - 185 (Includes a picture).

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Schuchert, Peter, P.