Biology:Haliscera bigelowi

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Short description: Species of hydrozoan

Haliscera bigelowi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Halicreatidae
Genus: Haliscera
Species:
H. bigelowi
Binomial name
Haliscera bigelowi
Kramp, 1947

Haliscera bigelowi is a species of deep sea hydrozoan of the family Halicreatidae.[1]

Description

Umbrella 15–17 mm wide, 9–10 mm high, almost hemispherical, with very thick, hemispherical apex; about 96 marginal tentacles in adults; about 12 marginal tentacles and 3 statocysts in each octant; thickening of marginal cnidocyst tissue less pronounced than in H. conica; gonads broadly oval, about 2/5 as long as radial canals, located slightly nearer manubrium than bell margin.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2669098 entry