Haliscera conica

Haliscera conica is a species of hydrozoan belonging to the family Halicreatidae.[1]

Haliscera conica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Halicreatidae
Genus: Haliscera
Species:
H. conica
Binomial name
Haliscera conica
Vanhöffen, 1902

Description

Umbrella up to 18 mm, with very thick, bluntly conical projection; 64-72 marginal tentacles in adults; 8-9 tentacles and 2 statocysts in each octant; base of tentacles surrounded by broad thickening of marginal cnidocyst tissue; gonads oval, well separated from manubrium in middle portion of 8 broad radial canals.

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