Gattya humilis | |
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Snowdrop hydroid with Doto coronata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Leptothecata |
Family: | Halopterididae |
Genus: | Gattya |
Species: | G. humilis
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Binomial name | |
Gattya humilis Allman, 1885
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Synonyms | |
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Gattya humilis, the snowdrop hydroid, is a delicate colonial hydroid in the family Halopterididae. [1]
Snowdrop hydroids are usually white and have small branches extending from a central stem. They may grow up to 3 cm in total height. The male gonophores (reproductive bodies) are smaller and more rounded than the female ones, which are goblet-shaped and contain only one egg each. Both sexes occur on the same stem. [2]
This colonial animal is found off the southern African coast from Northern Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal from the subtidal to 70m under water. It is only found in this region. [2]
This species often grows on coralline algae or weed. [2]
Gattya humilis | |
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Snowdrop hydroid with Doto coronata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Leptothecata |
Family: | Halopterididae |
Genus: | Gattya |
Species: | G. humilis
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Binomial name | |
Gattya humilis Allman, 1885
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Synonyms | |
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Gattya humilis, the snowdrop hydroid, is a delicate colonial hydroid in the family Halopterididae. [1]
Snowdrop hydroids are usually white and have small branches extending from a central stem. They may grow up to 3 cm in total height. The male gonophores (reproductive bodies) are smaller and more rounded than the female ones, which are goblet-shaped and contain only one egg each. Both sexes occur on the same stem. [2]
This colonial animal is found off the southern African coast from Northern Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal from the subtidal to 70m under water. It is only found in this region. [2]
This species often grows on coralline algae or weed. [2]