Boeromedusa auricogonia
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Boeromedusa auricogonia is a marine species belonging to the hydrozoa (Hydrozoa) class. It is the only species of the genus Boeromedusa Bouillon, 1995, which in turn the only genus of the family of Boeromedusidae Bouillon, is the 1995th
features
The species of this family are only known from the medusa stage . The medusa has an extension on the apex. The manubrium is cylindrical with a simple, tubular mouth. There are four radial and four ring-shaped channels, four conical buds sit on the edge of the umbrella. The medusa has only four simple, hollow tentacles with numerous collections of stinging cells , including an egg-shaped concentration of stinging cells at the end of the tentacle. The gonads sit in four large, perradial pockets on the outside of the manubrium . These hang freely in the interior of the subumbrella. There are no ocelli .
Geographical occurrence and systematics
The only species of the genus Boeromedusa Bouillon, 1995, Boeromedusa auricogonia Bouillon, 1995 comes from New Zealand, about 41.7683 ° S and 171.4317 ° E from a depth of 25 m.
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literature
- Jean Bouillon, Cinzia Gravili, Francesc Pagès, Josep-Maria Gili, Fernando Boero: An introduction to Hydrozoa. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-85653-580-1 , ( Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 194), pp. 1-591.
- Marymegan Daly, Mercer R. Brugler, Paulyn Cartwright, Allen G. Collin, Michael N. Dawson, Daphne G. Fautin, Scott C. France, Catherine S. McFadden, Dennis M. Opresko, Estefania Rodriguez, Sandra L. Romano, Joel L. Stake: The phylum Cnidaria. A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. In: Zootaxa 1668, 2007, ISSN 1175-5326 , pp. 127-182, abstract (PDF; 406 kB) .