Hybocodon cryptus
| Hybocodon cryptus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Anthoathecata |
| Family: | Tubulariidae |
| Genus: | Hybocodon |
| Species: | H. cryptus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hybocodon cryptus Watson, 1984 | |
Hybocodon cryptus is a species of tubularian hydrozoan in the family Tubulariidae.[1] It is known around southern Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait, growing and reproducing at temperatures of at least 10 °C on sponges, often on sandy surfaces of rocks between late autumn and winter.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Hydrocauli up to 3 cm, total height of up to 8 cm. Solitary and unbranched greenish-yellow stems. 12-18 transparent aboral tentacles, 2.5 mm long, white oral tentacles. As a medusa, it has a diameter of 0.5 mm, with a single tentacle from a yellowish marginal bulb. Margin of the bell is slightly oblique, and a scattering of nematocysts on the exumbrella.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Hybocodon cryptus Watson, 1984". WoRMS.
- 1 2 Watson, J.E., 1984. Two new species of tubularian hydroids from southern Australia. Mems natn. Mus. Victoria 45 1-2: 7-12.
- ↑ Watson, Jeanette. The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia.
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