Halecium textum Kramp, 1911

Picture: Fig. 1

Picture: Fig. 2

DESCRIPTION

Colonies monosiphonic, irregularly branched, mostly two branches below a hydrotheca, occasionally occurring nodes. Perisarc strongly corrugated (Fig.1), smooth stretches may also be present. Hydrotheca on hydrophore of about the same length as hydrothecal depth, with margin everted or rolled in and thin diaphragm. Dioecious gonothecae borne on branches. Female gonotheca oblong, with oval opening (Fig.2). Male gonotheca smaller, with somewhat variable shape.

DISTRIBUTION IN SVALBARD

Hornsund

WORLD DISTRIBUTION

Greenland, Canada, Iceland, Faroes

DEPTH

5-210 m

SUBSTRATE

algae

REPRODUCTION

fixed gonophores

gonothecae present