Haliscera conica is a species of hydrozoan belonging to the family Halicreatidae.[1]
Haliscera conica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Trachymedusae |
Family: | Halicreatidae |
Genus: | Haliscera |
Species: | H. conica
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Binomial name | |
Haliscera conica Vanhöffen, 1902
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Description
editUmbrella 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; the base of tentacles surrounded by broad thickening of marginal cnidocyst tissue; gonads oval, well separated from manubrium in the middle portion of 8 broad radial canals.
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (2014)- Haliscera conica Vanhöffen, 1902". marinespecies.org.