Voragonema pedunculata: Brief Summary
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Voragonema pedunculata is a small red hydrozoan with a diameter reaching 4 cm. It has 1000-2000 fine tentacles. It is found in the Pacific Ocean with known distributions in Monterey Bay, California, United States and the San Clemente Basin.
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Benthocodon pedunculatus lacks centripetal canals; short peduncle; 8 sausage shaped gonads only attached to radial canals for a short distance and mostly hanging distally; 3–4 rows of tentacles ~350 tentacles; reddish brown pigmentation on subumbrella. Has a deeper depth distribution than Pectis profundicola (down to at least 4,000 m in Monterey Bay). Dense aggregations
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 822 (Includes a picture).
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