Eudendrium carneum Clarke, 1882 Red stickhydroid |
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Family: | Eudendriidae () | |||
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Environment: | sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m | |||
Distribution: | Eastern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. Tropical and subtropical. | |||
Diagnosis: | Complementary nematocysts (i.e. nematocysts other than small microbasic euryteles) heterotrichous anisorhizas; female blastostyles completely reduced (sometimes a few degenerated tentacles remaining on top), spadix bifurcated, mature eggs scattered along the pedicel thickened by a perisarc capsule typically fenestrated; male blastostyles completely reduced (Ref. 3086). | |||
Biology: | Found from intertidal to a depth of 20 m, on artificial substrates and rocks (Ref. 3100). Known from tidal inlets, sounds, caves and shallow coastal benthic habitats (< 25 m) (Ref. 86643). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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