original description
Mereschkowsky, C. 1877. On a new genus of hydroids from the White Sea with a short description of other new hydroids. Annals and Magazine of natural History (4) 20: 220-229, pls 5-6, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19299550
page(s): 226 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> (1668): 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydroid colony stolonal, living on bivalve shells; hydrorhiza creeping reticulated or incrusting or both reticulated and incrusting; hydranth sessile, claviform, only a single filiform tentacle below large hypostome; sometimes dactylo- zooids in form of stalked nematocyst knobs; gonophores arising from hydrorhiza, developing into fixed or free eumedusoids without tentacles, gonads along radial canals; with or without statocysts. [details]
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