WoRMS taxon details
original description
Jäderholm, E. 1923a. Hydroids from west and south Africa. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhället Handlingar 26: 1-7.
page(s): 3, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record
Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription
Millard, N.A.H. (1975). Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 68: 1-513., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40921697 page(s): 97, fig. 33D [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology Polyp lives on the parasitic isopod Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775), which lives in the buccal cavity of fish. Endemic to South Africa. [details]
Type locality Agulhas Bank east of Cape Agulhas in 73 m depth. [details]
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