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Taxon
Clytia stolonifera Blackburn, 1938
Nomenclature
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Family: CampanulariidaeGenus: Clytia
SUMMARY
Stems to 15 mm high, arising from a hydrorhiza reptant on worm tubes, stolons tubular.
Colony lax, monosiphonic, no discernible main stem, branching upwards from basalmost internode; branching regularly bifid or trifid. Branch segments (pedicels) with 8 -10 close, deeply incised basal annulations, pedicels thereafter long, smooth, cylindrical, with five to six distal annulations; some shorter trifid pedicels entirely annulated.
Basal chamber of hydrotheca seated directly on distalmost annulation, deep, walls slightly concave, terminating in a thin saucer-shaped diaphragm; body of hydrotheca above diaphragm cup-shaped to almost hemispherical; margin with 14 low, shallowly scalloped rounded cusps, embayments between inverse of cusps.
Hydranth large, with 20-24 tentacles.
Perisarc of colony thin, thickest on branch segments, thinner on hydrotheca, marginal cusps thin.
Colour: transparent white.