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The Medusa Mitrocomella polydiademata and its hydroid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C. Edwards
Affiliation:
Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 3, Oban, Argyll, Scotland PA34 4AD

Extract

The hydroid, hitherto unknown, of the leptomedusa Mitrocomella polydiademata has been reared from medusae collected in the Firth of Clyde. The growth and structure of the hydroid and the stages of development of the medusa are described and figured.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1973

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