original description
Swedmark, B.; Teissier, G. (1958). Armorhydra janowiczi n. g., n. sp. hydroméduse bentique. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences de Paris.</em> 247(1): 133-135.
page(s): 133 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
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]
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Diagnosis Medusa phase reduced, microscopic, creeping within the interstices of coarse sand sediments; umbrella margin with a whorl of two kind of solid tentacles, filiform and adhesive; manubrium voluminous, linked to subumbrella by longitudinal septa containing endodermal tubes; gonads on manubrium; velar opening narrow; no radial canals, no statocysts or any other visible sense organs. Nematocysts: microbasic euryteles. [details]
Taxonomy Systematic position unclear, could as well be a member of the Anthoathecata [details]
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