Campanularia volubilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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SYNONYMY

Sertularia volubilis Linnaeus, 1758

Clytia volubilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Campanularia urceolata Clark, 1877

DESCRIPTION

Stolonal colonies with hydrothecae on pedicels and sub-hydrothecal spherule present. Rim of hydrotheca with cusps. Gonotheca with narrow aperture and flask shape.

DISTRIBUTION IN SVALBARD

Heleysundet, Kong Karls Land, Hornsund, Kongsfjorden, Tommeloyanne, Duvefjorden, Rijpforden

WORLD DISTRIBUTION

Mediterranean, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, Arctic, Alaska

DEPTH

5-23 m

SUBSTRATE

algae, Balanus sp., bivalve, Bryozoa, crab, hydroid, rocks

REPRODUCTION

fixed gonophores

gonophores present