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Schizotricha longinema
Description B-E holotype, F-G paratype. (A) Colony silhouettes, from left: holotype, paratype MHNG-INVE-0089083, paratype MHNG-INVE-0089084. (B) Main tube of stem in monosiphonic part showing at right an apophysis and a hydrotheca in its axil. Note that the right lateral nematothecae associated with the hydrotheca is not shown. It is usually displaced somewhat to the rear of the hydrotheca and difficult to observe. The nematotheca on the apophysis is an additional one, not the lateral one. (C) Stem in basal, polysiphonic part, showing auxiliary tubes bearing nematothecae and the base of ahydrocladium coming from the hidden main tube (same scale as D). (D) Part of hydrocladium with two hydrothecae. Note the characteristic, extremely long median inferior nematothecae. (E) Hydrotheca and its associated nematothecae, median inferior nematotheca only shown partially. Same scale as B. (F) Like E, but with gonotheca. Note the thickened hydrothecal wall. Same scale as B. (G) Hydrotheca of same branch as F but more distal, the hydrothecal wall is not thickened. Same scale as BSource: Schuchert P. 2015. On some hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Okinawa Islands, Japan. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 122: 325-370. www.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.30004
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