original description
Schuchert, P. (2004). Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 111 2: 315-369., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41187667 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Anthoathecata Filifera with polymorphic polyps; feeding zooids stolonal, with scattered filiform tentacles; defensive zooids with rudimentary tentacles, not in perisarc tubes; gonophores sporosac developing on stolons [details]