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Candelabrum cocksii
Description Candelabrum cocksii (Vigurs, 1849) (Anthomedusae, Candelabriidae) from Brittany, size about 12 cm. This is one of the very large hydropolyps. It lives attached underneath boulders at the low water level. The spherical bodies are sporosac containing the gametes. This species produces thus no medusa.
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Source: http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/hydrozoa/hydrozoa-directory.htm
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added on 2006-12-202 056 viewsWoRMS taxa Candelabrum cocksii (Cocks, 1854)checked Schuchert, Peter 2010-11-05
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