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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Main Authors: Gillian M. Mapstone, Craig N. Foster, Mark J. Gibbons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-10-01
Series:African Invertebrates
Online Access:https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/94095/download/pdf/