WoRMS taxon details
original description
Kramp P.L. (1921). Kinetocodium danae, n. g., n. sp. a new gymnoblastic hydroid, parasitic on a pteropod. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn.</em> 74: 1-21, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27905034 page(s): 1 [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
redescription
Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 114: 195-396., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41281106 page(s): 369 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Hydroid colony stolonal, living on pelagic gastropods; polyps polymorphic with gastrozooids and dactylozooids; gastrozooids sessile, simple, with few short tentacles below rounded hypostome; dactylozooids filiform, nematocysts evenly distributed; gonophores on stolons, with pedicels, liberated as free medusae.
Juvenile medusae with flask-shaped manubrium, mouth with oral nematocyst ring; four radial canals; three bulbs and three marginal tentacles, one perradial bulb rudimentary and without tentacle. [details]
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