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Scientific Name: Rhizophysa eysenhardtii Gegenbaur, 1859
English Name: Not Known
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: whodden(GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Rhizophysidae
Description:
The pneumatophore is a pale pink color, featuring a deep maroon patch around the apical pore. The tentacle is slender and thread-like. The tentilla are simple, unbranched, unilateral, and have a claret color. The gonodendron resembles that of R. filiformis, with thread-like, pale reddish-brown pedicels. The branchlets consist of a single palpon, an asexual nectophore at the tip, and 3 to 4 pairs of sessile male or female gonophores.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Saint martin’s island
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.
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