Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
4-1970
Journal
Biological Bulletin
Volume
138
Issue
2
First Page
109
Last Page
114
Abstract
The hydroid stage in the life history of Dipurena strangulata, a relatively well-known medusa along the United States east coast, is described for the first time. A previous description of the young medusa does not accord with observations recorded here, but is similar to and may have been based on young Linvillea agassizi rather than D. strangulata. Of the described hydroids of Dipurena, D. strangulata is most like D. reesi morphologically, but differs in the position of the filiform tentacles and the number of endodermal cells in the capitate tentacles. The status of the various species of Dipurena described from the North American Atlantic coast is reviewed.
DOI
doi: 10.2307/1540195
Publication Statement
Contribution (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) no. 338
Recommended Citation
Calder, Dale R., Hydroid and young medusa stages of Dipurena strangulata (Hydrozoa, Corynidae) (1970). Biological Bulletin, 138(2), 109-114.
doi: 10.2307/1540195
