dcsimg

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Medusa with cylindrical manubrium , with 4 simple lips; 4 radial canals, 4 groups of perradial tentacles and 4 rudimentary bulbs; gonads on manubrium and on proximal part of radial canals, according sex; with ocelli, one per bulb. Hydroid colony small, stolonal; hydranth naked, sessile, with a single ring of filiform tentacles near the middle of column; medusa buds just below tentacles.
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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]