WoRMS taxon details
original description
Watson, J.E., 1980. The identity of two tubularian hydroids from Australia with a description and observations on the reproduction of Ralpharia magnifica gen. et sp. nov. Mem. natn. Mus. Vict. 41 : 53-63. [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
Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22 page(s): 23, figs 25-26; note: Ecology -- hydrorhiza embedded in purplish sheets of the shallow water alcyonacean Erythropodium hicksoni growing on rocks. Colonies regenerate annually in warmer months from the hydrorhiza perman... Ecology -- hydrorhiza embedded in purplish sheets of the shallow water alcyonacean Erythropodium hicksoni growing on rocks. Colonies regenerate annually in warmer months from the hydrorhiza permanently embedded in the alcyonacean.
Distribution -- common in Port Phillip, Western Port and in sheltered ocean and bays across southern Australia. Also Recherche, WA.
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