Halicreas

Halicreas minimum is a species of deep sea hydrozoan of the family Halicreatidae.[1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Halicreas.

Halicreas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Halicreatidae
Genus: Halicreas
Fewkes, 1882
Species:
H. minimum
Binomial name
Halicreas minimum
Fewkes, 1882
Synonyms
  • Halicreas papillosum Vanhöffen, 1902

Description

Umbrella 30–40 mm wide, thick, disk-like, with small apical projection; 8 clusters of gelatinous papillae above margin, mouth wide circular opening; 8 broad, band-like, radial canals; broad circular canal; gonads flattened, extending along almost entire length of radial canals; tentacles up to 640; 3-4 statocysts in each octant.

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