original description
Fraser, C. McLean, 1912. Some hydroids of Beaufort, North Carolina. Bull. Bur. Fish. U.S. 30 : 337-387.
page(s): 370 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Diagnosis Hydroid colony stolonal or erect branched, hydrotheca campanulate with smooth margin, pedicel present; hydrothecal base with annular perisarcal thickening and membranous diaphragm or thick diaphragm and no annular thickening; gonotheca solitary, with or without operculum, arising from hydrorhiza; exceptionally with nematothecae; gonophores as fixed sporosacs, liberated medusoids, eumedusoids, or free medusae.
Medusa with flat umbrella; manubrium short and flat, mouth with irregular lips; with four or more branched radial canals; marginal tentacles hollow; gonads linear to sinuous on radial canals; with marginal cordyli; with or without marginal cirri; with or without adaxial ocelli; without statocysts. [details]
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