Marques, A. C. (1995). Eudendrium pocaruquartum n. sp. (Hydrozoa, Eudendriidae) from the southeastern coast of Brazil, with remarks on taxonomic approaches to the family Eudendriidae. Bijdragen Tot de Dierkunde. 65(1): 35-40.

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Marques, A. C.

1995

65(1): 35-40

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Eudendrium pocaruquarum, a new species of athecate hydroid referable to the family Eudendriidae, is described from the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The species is very similar to the widespread Eudendrium ramosum (Linnaeus, 1758), differing from it in the smaller size of the large microbasic euryteles. Longstanding problems in the systematics of eudendriid hydroids are noted, and the inadequacies of many early descriptions of species are discussed. The nematocysts provide a supplementary character for discrimination of species of Eudendrium, although information on the cnidome appears to have been sometimes misinterpreted in literature.Descriptors: EUDENDRIUM POCARUQUARUM new species; EUDENDRIUM RAMOSUM

Brazil

Systematics, Taxonomy

Hydrozoa

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