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Haliscera bigelowi

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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

  1. ^ "Haliscera bigelowi Kramp, 1947". marinespecies.org.
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Haliscera bigelowi: Brief Summary

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

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Biology

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only medusae, direct development, planktonic in deep water
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van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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