Gonothyraea Allman, 1864

Watson, Jeanette E., 2011, New species, new records and redescriptions of Thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from Southern Australia, Zootaxa 3122, pp. 1-36 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.203966
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184771
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scientific name	Gonothyraea Allman, 1864
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Genus Gonothyraea Allman, 1864 View in CoL

Colony erect, branched or unbranched, monosiphonic or polysiphonic, stem divided into regular internodes bearing alternate hydrothecae; hydrotheca campanulate, radially symmetrical, with true diaphragm, hydrothecal margin cusped; gonophores forming degenerate medusa extruded from urn-shaped pedicellate gonotheca but remaining attached while planula develops in a sac-like meconidium with marginal tentacles

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Hydrozoa
Order	Leptothecata
Family	Campanulariidae

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