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A new record of Cnidocodon leopoldi Bouillon (Anthomedusae, Hydrozoa) from Indian Ocean with a note on its variation

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Title A new record of Cnidocodon leopoldi Bouillon (Anthomedusae, Hydrozoa) from Indian Ocean with a note on its variation
 
Creator Santhakumari, V.
 
Subject Invertebrate Biology
animal morphology
geographical distribution
new records
Cnidocodon leopoldi
ISW, Indian Ocean
 
Description A new record of Cnidocodon leopoldi belonging to the family Corymorphidae is presented. The specimens were collected from Kerala and Karnataka coasts on the west coast of India. The specimens of the present study show some variations from C. leopoldi collected from the Pacific Ocean in the following details - reaches to 3/4th of the height of the manubrium, the number of tentacles usually five and rarely six, the gonad covers the entire manubrium except for the opening and occupies almost the entire subumbrellar cavity. With this record, distribution of this species extends to Indian Ocean
 
Date 1995-10-19T10:01:28Z
2017-09-29T13:48:16Z
1995-10-19T10:01:28Z
2017-09-29T13:48:16Z
1986
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bulletin of the department of Marine Science University Cochin, vol.14; 1986; 33-37
0970-9878
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6145
 
Language en
 
Relation B Dep Mar Sci Univ Cochin
NON-SCI
 
Publisher Department of Marine Sciences