Hydrozoa taxon details
Zygocanna apapillatus Xu, Huang & Guo, 2014
828546 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:828546)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Xu Zhen-Zu,Huang Jia-Qi, Lin Mao, Guo Dong-hui, Wang Chun-guang. (2014). The superclass Hydrozoa of the Phylum Cnidaria in China. <em>China Ocean Press, Bejing.</em> vol. 1, pp. 1-456, vol. 2, pp. 495-945.
page(s): 912, fig. 344. [details]
page(s): 912, fig. 344. [details]
Type locality contained in South China Sea
type locality contained in South China Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Zygocanna apapillatus Xu, Huang & Guo, 2014. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828546 on 2025-05-14
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Xu Zhen-Zu,Huang Jia-Qi, Lin Mao, Guo Dong-hui, Wang Chun-guang. (2014). The superclass Hydrozoa of the Phylum Cnidaria in China. <em>China Ocean Press, Bejing.</em> vol. 1, pp. 1-456, vol. 2, pp. 495-945.
page(s): 912, fig. 344. [details]
identification resource Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 128(2): 237-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0049
page(s): 306, Fig. 43A-E; note: tentative identification, 16S DNA barcode [details]
page(s): 912, fig. 344. [details]
identification resource Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 128(2): 237-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0049
page(s): 306, Fig. 43A-E; note: tentative identification, 16S DNA barcode [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis [Machine translated and adapted from original source]: Bell diameter 4 -5 mm, umbrella hemispherical, top of the umbrella round, apical jelly thick becoming thinner towards periphery; exumbrella has no radiating sculptures, subumbrella without radial rows of gelatinous papillae; no gastric peduncle. Velum narrow. Manubrium is short and wide, width about 1/3 the diameter of the umbrella; mouth margin drawn out into 7 long oral, slightly undulated lips. About 18 radial canals originating from manubrium base, dividing immediately or more distally once or more, 29 radial canals reaching the circular canal. 55 equally developed marginal tentacles of the same size, tentacle bulb small, spherical, without excretion papilla; no small, atentaculate marginal bulbs; one statocyst between each tentacle pair, each with one statocyst. [details]
