Gastroblasta Keller 1883

Genus Gastroblasta Keller, 1883 Gastroblasta Keller, 1883: 622; type species Gastroblasta timida Keller, 1883 by monotypy. Diagnosis: Medusa when mature with more than one urn-shaped manubrium; up to 20 radial- and as many centripetal canals, some radial canals may be branched; marginal tentacles with bulbs; numerous statocysts, oval gonads developing near the middle of radial canals or also centripetal canals. Hydroid like in genus Clytia, living embedded in sponges (Gravili et al., 2007).

Published as part of Schuchert, Peter & Collins, Richard, 2021, Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream, pp. 237-356 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 128 (2) on page 314, DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0049, http://zenodo.org/record/5639938

Related Organizations

Natural History Museum of Geneva
Switzerland

Keywords

Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Animalia, Gastroblasta, Biodiversity, Leptothecata, Campanulariidae, Taxonomy

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