First occurrence of the rare siphonophore Lilyopsis Chun, 1885 (Hydrozoa, Siphonophora, Prayinae) in South Africa
A colony of the rare hydrozoan siphonophore Lilyopsis Chun, 1885, was observed for the first time in shallow water in False Bay, South Africa, swimming amongst kelp. A study of a high-quality image of this individual found it to share some characters with the prayine prayid L. fluoracantha Haddock,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2022-10-01
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Series: | African Invertebrates |
Online Access: | https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/94095/download/pdf/ |