Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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(Van Beneden, 1844)
Umbrella 2-3 mm high, bell nearly spherical, mesoglea very thick, especially in apical region; apical canal sometimes present; mouth rim with cnidocysts; 4 tentacles with large basal bulbs and prominent round abaxial cnidocyst clusters.
This species is found on polychaete tubes, dead gorgonians, wood and dock chains at depths of 10 to 32 m (Ref. 87801). Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages
Synonyms:
Ectopleura ochracea Agassiz, 1862
Ectopleura octogona Thiel, 1938
Ectopleura prolifica Hargitt, 1908
Tubularia cristata McCrady, 1859
Tubularia dumortierii Van Beneden, 1844
Umbrella 2-3 mm high, bell nearly spherical, mesoglea very thick, especially in apical region; apical canal sometimes present; mouth rim with cnidocysts; 4 tentacles with large basal bulbs and prominent round abaxial cnidocyst clusters.
This species is found on polychaete tubes, dead gorgonians, wood and dock chains at depths of 10 to 32 m (Ref. 87801). Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages
Synonyms:
Ectopleura ochracea Agassiz, 1862
Ectopleura octogona Thiel, 1938
Ectopleura prolifica Hargitt, 1908
Tubularia cristata McCrady, 1859
Tubularia dumortierii Van Beneden, 1844
