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Filifera III
Filifera is a suborder of hydrozoans in the order Anthoathecata. They are found in marine, brackish and freshwater habitats. Characteristics Members of this suborder are characterised by the filiform tentacles of the polyps which do not terminate in knobs. The rose corals, family Stylasteridae, secrete calcium carbonate exoskeletons around a network of stolons. Families According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following families are found in this suborder : *Australomedusidae Russell, 1971 *Axoporidae Boschma, 1951 † *Balellidae Stechow, 1922 *Bougainvilliidae Lütken, 1850 *Bythotiaridae Maas, 1905 *Clathrozoellidae Peña Cantero, Vervoort & Watson, 2003 *Cordylophoridae von Lendenfeld, 1885 *Cytaeididae L. Agassiz, 1862 *Eucodoniidae Schuchert, 1996 *Eudendriidae L. Agassiz, 1862 *Heterotentaculidae Schuchert, 2010 *Hydractiniidae L. Agassiz, 1862 *Jeanbouilloniidae Pagès, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006 *Magapiidae Schuchert & Bouillon, 2009 *Niobiidae Petersen, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bougainvillia Muscus
''Bougainvillia muscus'' is a marine invertebrate, a species of hydroid in the suborder Anthomedusae. Taxonomy In 1844, van Beneden named the hydroid form of this species as ''Eudendrium ramosum''. Strethill Wright showed that it did not belong in the genus ''Eudendrium'' and placed it in ''Atractylis''. Later Allman placed it in ''Bougainvillia'' on the basis of its similarity to ''Bougainvillia britannica''. Strethill Wright reared some medusae to maturity and decided that the species was in fact ''Bougainvillia britannica''. However, confusion remained because the three hydroid forms, ''B. ramosa'', ''B. fruticosa'' and ''B. muscus'' were so similar. The name ''B. ramosa'' has been widely used for this species in the past but ''B. muscus'' is now the accepted name. Description ''B. muscus'' is a colonial hydroid forming irregular, straggling branched bushes. The individual polyps have two rings of tentacles pointing alternately upwards and downwards. The colony may grow to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |