Myrionema amboinense Pictet 1893
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Myrionema amboinense Pictet, 1893
(fig. 2M– O)
Material examined. Stn. 1: 19.01.2008 —numerous fertile and sterile (both sexes) colonies, on Thalassia testudinum; 25.01.2008 —numerous fertile and sterile (both sexes) colonies, on T. testudinum. Stn. 6: 23.03.2008 —a small, sterile colony, ca. 2 cm high, on algae. Stn. 7: 27.03.2008 —a small, sterile colony, ca. 5 mm high, on hard substrate.
Type locality. Baton-Mera, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia.
Remarks. This peculiar species is easily recognizable by the presence of numerous zooxanthellae in the coenosarc and the great number of tentacles occurring in several closely-set whorls. Nematocysts (undischarged): macrobasic euryteles (22.3–24.9) × (9.7–11.3) µm; heterotrichous microbasic euryteles (9.6–10.0) × (3.6–3.7) µm.
For a description of this species and its synonymy, see Calder (1988b).
Distribution. Eastern and western Atlantic, Indian Ocean, western Pacific (Calder 1988b).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Pictet
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Eudendriidae
- Genus
- Myrionema
- Species
- amboinense
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Myrionema amboinense Pictet, 1893 sec. Galea, 2008
References
- Pictet, C. (1893) Etude sur les Hydraires de la Baie D'Amboine. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 1, 1 - 64.
- Calder, D. R. (1988 b) Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Athecatae. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions, 148, 1 - 107.