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Monocoryne colonialis sp. nov., a colonial candelabrid hydroid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Candelabridae) from the North Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Anita Brinckmann-Voss*
Affiliation:
Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, PO Box 653, Sooke, British Columbia, V9Z 1H6, Canada
Alberto Lindner
Affiliation:
Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, Rod. Manoel H. do Rego, km 131.5, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, PO Box 653, Sooke, British Columbia, V9Z 1H6, Canada email: anitab-voss@shaw.ca

Abstract

Monocoryne colonialis sp. nov. is described from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The new species is unusual among candelabrid hydroids in having a colonial growth form, differing from its congeners in the shape and size of hydranths, in having stolons that anastomose, and by having tentacles not fused or only partly fused into bract-like structures.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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