Haleciidae Hincks, 1868

Watson, Jeanette E., 2008, Hydroids of the BANZARE expeditions, 1929 – 1931: the family Haleciidae (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata) from the Australian Antarctic Territory, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 165-178 : 166

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4630617

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D5126-FFA7-FFBD-1887-F9B71E769043

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scientific name

Haleciidae Hincks, 1868
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Family Haleciidae Hincks, 1868 View in CoL

Thecate hydroids with shallow, saucer- or basin-shaped hydrothecae. Hydrotheca radially symmetrical, usually with diaphragm; margin entire, without operculum. Hydranth large and usually not completely retractable into hydrotheca, with conical hypostome and one circlet of filiform tentacles. Nematophores present or absent. Gonophores in form of fixed sporosacs or rarely, freed as medusae.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Hydrozoa

Order

Leptothecata

Family

Haleciidae

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