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WoRMS taxon details
original description
Lankester, E.R. (1880). On a new jelly-fish of the order Trachomedusae, living in fresh water. <em>Nature, Lond.</em> 22 : 147-148, 190-191, 241., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/nature221880lock#page/147/mode/1up
page(s): 148 [details]
original description
(of Microhydra Potts, 1885) Potts, E., 1885. Microhydra ryderi. Science, N.Y., n. ser. 5 123, suppl.: 5. [details]
original description
(of Limnocodium Allman, 1880) Allman, G.J., 1880. On Limnocodium victoria, a new hydroid medusa of fresh water. Nature, Lond. 22 : 178-179.
page(s): 178 [details]
taxonomy source
Jankowski, T., 2001. The freshwater medusae of the world - a taxonomic and systematic literature study with some remarks on other inland water jellyfish. Hydrobiologia 462 : 91-113. [details] Available for editors  [request]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Freshwater Olindiidae medusae with closed ecto-endodermal statocysts in the velum which form centripetal tubes; bell marhin with well developed marginal cnidocyst ring, no gastric peduncle; 4 simple radial canals; no centripetal canals; gonadsonly on radial canals, hanging, pouch-like; evenly distributed marginal tentacles all of one kind, no adhesion organs.
Hydroid in fresh-water, solitary or forming small reptant colonies of 2 to 4, rarely 7 polyps; hydranths without tentacles, cylindrical, with apical mouth (hypostome) surrounded by cnidocysts forming a spherical capitulum under which the polyp is slightly tapering, forming a distinct neck; basal portion of hydranths with periderm covering, attaching colony to substrate; medusa buds lateral, on the middle or lower part of body column; asexual reproduction by frustules, transversal division and resting stages (cysts).
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