Niobia dendrotentaculata
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Niobia dendrotentaculata is a species of the Hydrozoa (Hydrozoa)living in the North Atlantic. The species is the only species in the genus Niobia , which in turn is the only genus in the Niobiidae family .
features
The hydroid polyps are not yet known. The medusa has two simple and two branching radial channels, so that finally six channels reach the ring channel. The gonads sit interradially on the manubrium . The marginal tentacle pistons develop asexually into daughter medusa. Gastral stalk , mesenteries and ocelli are absent.
Geographical occurrence
Niobia dendrotentaculata is known to date off the Malabar coast of India, Vietnam , the Mediterranean , the east coast of the USA, Florida (USA), Brazil and the Mexican Caribbean coast.
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literature
- Jean Bouillon, Fernando Boero: Synopsis of the families and genera of the hydromedusae of the world, with a list of worldwide species. Thalassia Salentina, 24, 47-296, Galatina 2000 ISSN 0563-3745 PDF .
- 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. Zootaxa, 1668: 127-182, Wellington 2007 ISSN 1175-5326 PDF 407kB
- Alfred Goldsborough Mayer: Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoology at Harvard University, 37 (2): 11-82, Harvard 1900