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Halicreas minimum

Halicreas minimum

Classification

Halicreas minimum is a species of deep sea hydrozoan of the family Halicreatidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Halicreas. Description Umbrella 30–40 mm wide, thick, disk-like, with small apical projection; 8 clusters of gelatinous papillae above margin, mouth wide circular opening; 8 broad, band-like, radial canals; broad circular canal; gonads flattened, extending along almost entire length of radial canals; tentacles up to 640; 3-4 statocysts in each octant.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3Canada · 1