Quantitative data on Rhizocaulus verticillatus.

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


Oestman 20
record #20
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
materialPlymouth, England
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:tentacle16.0Ð7.06.5±0.3222.0Ð2.52.5±0.3222.6Ð3.5
AC:hydrocaulus16.0Ð7.06.7±0.4112.0Ð2.52±0.2112.6Ð3.5
Table II
AC:tentacle213.0Ð16.015±0.8223.0Ð4.64±0.4223.1Ð4.7
AC:hydrocaulus213.5Ð15.514.5±0.7283.0Ð4.53.5±0.4283.3Ð4.7
AC:malemeconidium212.5Ð16.514.5±0.0383.0Ð4.03.5±0.4383.2Ð4.8
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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