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Eudendrium ritchiei from New Zealand
Eudendrium ritchiei from New Zealand
Description
Drawn after preserved material. (a) Colony form, note strong annulation of perisarc, scale bar 1 mm. (b) Hydranth showing belt of large euryteles (arrow) and below the basal furrow, scale bar 0.2 mm. (c) Nematocysts: macro- and microbasic euryteles; scale bar 10 µm. (d) Young female gonophores (sporosacs) showing characteristic bifid spadices (shaded), same scale as (b). (e) Older female gonophores (or developing eggs) with lost spadices, same scale as (b). (f) Male gonophores, the arrow points towards distal knob with euryteles, same scale as (b).

After: Schuchert P. 1996. The marine fauna of New Zealand: athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 106: 1-159.
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  Author Schuchert, Peter PNG file - 193.87 kB - 4 536 x 4 209 pixels added on 2025-02-10184 viewsTraits taxaScan of drawing Eudendrium ritchiei Millard, 1975checked Schuchert, Peter 2025-02-10 Download full sizeDownload full size
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