Sertularella ellisii

Sertularella ellisii is a branching colonial hydroid in the family Sertulariidae.[2]

Sertularella ellisii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Sertularellidae
Genus: Sertularella
Species:
S. ellisii
Binomial name
Sertularella ellisii
(Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sertularia ellisi Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1836

Description

This hydroid grows as a sparsely branched colony to 3 cm in height.[3]


Distribution

Described from the north-east Atlantic Ocean.

References
  1. Deshayes, G. P. and Milne Edwards, H. 1836. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres : présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux... : précédée d'une introduction... par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck. Tome 2. Baillière, Paris. pp. 1-683, page(s): 142
  2. Schuchert, P. (2018). World Hydrozoa Database. Sertularella ellisii (Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-14.
  3. Ramil, F.(J.), J. Parapar & W. Vervoort, 1992. The genus Sertularella Gray, 1848 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) along the coasts of Galicia (Spain). Zool. Meded., Leiden 66 37: 493-524.
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