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Scientific Name: Lensia cossack Totton, 1941
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Diphyidae
Description:
There are four longitudinal folds in both the nectophore and nectosac, and they lead to a rounded apex. The ventrobasal facet has an oblique, horseshoe-shaped configuration. The somatocyst is ovoid and inclined, covering approximately one-third of the nectophore’s length. There is no hydroecium present. The mouth-plate is very short. In the eudoxid phase, the bract measures around 1.6 mm in length and has a dome-like shape with a short neck-shield, widening at the base. The phyllocyst takes on an ovoid form.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M (eds) (2008) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Protozoa-Gastrotricha. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Vol.14, 335 pp.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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