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Bell diameter measures 2-3 mm, rounded; mouth has 6 short oral arms with terminal nematocyst knobs; 6-7 gonads emerging from the center of the manubrium as elongated, rounded protrusions in a whorl; 9 unbranched radial canals and 9 marginal tentacles, each with 2-3 branches and a reddish ocellus at the base; thick and muscular velum (Ref. 2376).
Inhabits mud flats with Ulva sp.; more or less exposed at very low tide, attached to seaweeds; feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 2376).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages (Ref. 1663, p. 15, 18).