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Rathkea octopunctata

Description (A) Hydroid colonies, right one with stolonal medusa bud; scale bar 0.5 mm; redrawn from Kühl (1962). (B) Lateral view of sexually mature medusa, scale bar 0.4 mm, combined after living and preserved animals. (C) Oral view of animal depicted
in B. (D) Manubrium with medusa buds of a medusa of the same size as shown in B. (E) Enlarged mouth region in perradial view, from Russell (1953). (F-G) Aboral view of younger stages with fewer tentacles than shown in B, from Russell (1953).

Source: Schuchert P. 2007. The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 114: 195-396. source id. 130045
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