Dr. Dirk Schories, Deutschland
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Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
Phidiana lottini is a large translucent white species, with opaque white tips to the oral tentacles and the sparsely lamellate rhinophores. A white "V" pattern on the head formed from a line running from the tip of each oral tentacle to a patch between the rhinophores.
A white medio-dorsal line runs from the rhinophores back down the body. The cerata have a white tip followed by a broad orange band. Below this band the ceratal wall is transparent. The black or dark brown digestive gland showing through the ceratal wall.
It is found on primary or secondary hard substrates including most types of macroalgae that permit growth of hydroids from the intertidal area to a depth of 18 m.
Synonymised names:
Cratena cavanca Bergh, 1898
Eolidia lottini Lesson, 1831 (original combination)
Phidiana attenuata Couthouy, 1852
Phidiana exigua Bergh, 1898
Phidiana lottini is a large translucent white species, with opaque white tips to the oral tentacles and the sparsely lamellate rhinophores. A white "V" pattern on the head formed from a line running from the tip of each oral tentacle to a patch between the rhinophores.
A white medio-dorsal line runs from the rhinophores back down the body. The cerata have a white tip followed by a broad orange band. Below this band the ceratal wall is transparent. The black or dark brown digestive gland showing through the ceratal wall.
It is found on primary or secondary hard substrates including most types of macroalgae that permit growth of hydroids from the intertidal area to a depth of 18 m.
Synonymised names:
Cratena cavanca Bergh, 1898
Eolidia lottini Lesson, 1831 (original combination)
Phidiana attenuata Couthouy, 1852
Phidiana exigua Bergh, 1898
