Solmundella bitentaculata
Quoy & Gaimard (1833)
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Taxonomy
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Hydrozoa |
| Order | Narcomedusa |
| Family | Aeginidae |
| Genus | Solmundella |
| Species | bitentaculata |
Size
- Umbrella up to 12 mm wide
Distinguishing characteristics
- Bell is hemispherical, the bell margin is lobed. This may be hard to distinguish in squashed specimens
- 2 long, persistent tentacles, often with distinct bands
- Tentacles issuing from inside the animal and not from the margin
- No secondary tentacles, tentacular bulbs, radial canals or benthic polyps
- Gonads on the manubrium,
- Broad velum
- Apical mesoglea very thick
- 8 manubrial pouches
- Without peripheral canal system
Distribution
Ecology
References
- Bouillon, J., C. Gravili, et al. (2006). "An introduction to Hydrozoa." Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 194: 1-591.
- Marine species identification portal (2011) http://species-identification.org/index.php