Quantitative data on Rizocaulus verticillatus.

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


Oestman 19
record #19
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
materialNorfolk, England
source of quantitative dataTables I & II, Oestman, '88
typematerial#length (range)meanSDnWidth (range) meanSDnLength/width (range)
pMi b-M (various cap letter types) tent & various locations
Table I
AC:tentacle56.0Ð10.07.5±0.7722.0Ð2.52.1±0.2722.8Ð3.5
AC:hydrocaulus56.0Ð8.07±0.6492.0Ð2.52±0.2493.0Ð3.5
Table II
BC:tentacle512.5Ð16.014.5±0.8713.0Ð5.04±0.3713.1Ð4.3
BC:hydrocaulus512.0Ð16.014±1.2783.0Ð5.04±0.5783.1Ð5.0
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

Analyst/Contact: S. Shostak

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