Symplectoscyphus turgidus (Trask, 1851), (Hydrozoa, Leptothecatae, Sertulariidae. d: colony; e: single hydranth enlarged without medusa buds. A common subtidal species, occasionally intertidal species. Note rectangular diatoms attached to the thecae of the colony (upper right hand corner of each picture)
Domain | Eukarya |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Cnidaria |
Class | Hydrozoa |
Class | Leptothecatae |
Family | Setulariidae |
Genus | Symplectoscyphus |
Species | turgidus (Trask, 1851), |
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