original description
Armstrong, S.J., 1879. A description of some new species of Hydroid Zoophytes from the India Coasts and Seas. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 48 2: 98-103.
page(s): 102, pl. 12 [details]
basis of record
Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Schuchert P. (1997). Review of the family Halopterididae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 309: 1-162.
page(s): 37 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Cape Comorin (92 m) and offt he coast of Cheduba Island (15-18 m), Indian Ocean [details]From other sources
Biology colonial, fixed sporosacs [details]