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Myrionema amboinense
Pictet, 1893
GBIF:119376261
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Remarks. This peculiar species is easily recognizable by the presence of numerous zooxanthellae in the coenosarc and the great number of tentacles occurring in several closely-set whorls. Nematocysts (undischarged): macrobasic euryteles (22.3 – 24.9) × (9.7 – 11.3) µm; heterotrichous microbasic euryteles (9.6 – 10.0) × (3.6 – 3.7) µm. For a description of this species and its synonymy, see Calder (1988 b).
Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149
Distribution. Eastern and western Atlantic, Indian Ocean, western Pacific (Calder 1988 b).
Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149
Material examined. Stn. 1: 19.01.2008 — numerous fertile and sterile (both sexes) colonies, on Thalassia testudinum; 25.01.2008 — numerous fertile and sterile (both sexes) colonies, on T. testudinum. Stn. 6: 23.03.2008 — a small, sterile colony, ca. 2 cm high, on algae. Stn. 7: 27.03.2008 — a small, sterile colony, ca. 5 mm high, on hard substrate. Type locality. Baton-Mera, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia.
Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149
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