Halicreas
Appearance
Halicreas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Trachymedusae |
Family: | Halicreatidae |
Genus: | Halicreas Fewkes, 1882 |
Species: | H. minimum
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Binomial name | |
Halicreas minimum Fewkes, 1882
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Synonyms | |
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Halicreas minimum is a species of deep sea hydrozoan of the family Halicreatidae.[1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Halicreas.
Description
[edit]Umbrella 30–40 mm wide, thick, disk-like, with small apical projection; 8 clusters of gelatinous papillae above margin, mouth wide circular opening; 8 broad, band-like, radial canals; broad circular canal; gonads flattened, extending along almost entire length of radial canals; tentacles up to 640; 3-4 statocysts in each octant.
References
[edit]- ^ "Okeanos Explorer- Halicreas minimum Fewkes, 1882". marinespecies.org.