Lizzia blondina, medusa from English Channel
Description (A) Diagrammatic reconstruction of sexually mature female medusa in side view, scale bar 0.2 mm. (B) Oral view of medusa shown in A. (C) Manubrium of medusa before gonad maturation and with medusa buds. (D) Oral region in side view, note the origin of the oral tentacles very close to the margin of the manubrium, scale bar 50 µm. (E-G) Growth stages in aboral view. A-D, after preserved material; E-G, modi?ed 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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