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Narcomedusae Haeckel 1879

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Hydroidomedusae
Solmundella bitentaculata

Taxonomy

Phylum Cnidaria
Superclass Hydrozoa
Class Hyrdoidomedusae
Subclass Narcomedusae

Size

  • Variable.
Distinguishing characteristics
  • Medusae are usually flattened.
  • Solid tentacles .
  • Genrally without radial canals.
  • Gonads located on manubrium walls or manubrium pouches.

Ecology

  • Reproduction by direct development, by reduced polyps or or complex parasitic larval development.
 

 

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