Quantitative data on Rhizocaulus verticillatus.

Length & width measurements of nematocysts in Rhizocaulus verticillatus by Oestman, '88.


Oestman 18
record #18
speciesRhizocaulus Stechow 1919 (= Verticillina Naumov 1960) verticillatus
ClassHydrozoa
SubclassThecatae-Leptomedusae (Calyptoblastea)
OrderProboscoida Broch 1909
Suborder/superfamilyCampanulariida Bouillon 1984; Campanulariidea Bouillon 1984
FamilyCampanulariidae Hincks 1868; Johnston (cf. Cornelius 1982)
phenomorphCo
materialSweden, west cost: Gullmar Fjord
source of quantitative dataTables I & II, Oestman , Ô88
typematerial#length (range)meanSDnWidth (range) meanSDnLength/width (range)
pMi b-M (various cap letter types) tent & various locations
Table I
AC:tentacle67.0Ð8.57.5±0.6851.5Ð2.52.5±0.3852.8Ð5.6
AC:hydrocaulus66.0Ð8.07±0.7692.0Ð2.52±0.3692.8Ð4.8
Table II
BC:tentacle712.0Ð17.515.5±0.01062.0Ð3.04±0.61063.1Ð5.0
BC:hydrocaulus716.5Ð18.016.5±0.11102.0Ð2.54.5±0.51103.5Ð5.0
BC:gonangium114.5Ð18.016±0.0232.0Ð2.54±0.3233.3Ð4.0
Mi b-M (various cap letter types) tent & various locations
AI various I types) tent\ApI tent\HoI tent\MeI tent


Last Updated: Feb. 4, 1996

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