Monotheca australis (Kirchenpauer, 1876)

Monotheca australis. H, infertile stem; I, hydrocladium and hydrotheca; J, female gonotheca with developing larva; K, median inferior nematotheca. Note clear demarcation between cup and peduncle (I) and its absence (K); L, axillar nematotheca; M, one of twin lateral nematothecae; N, axillar hydrostatic pore (axillar nematotheca not shown). Scale bar: I, H, 0.2mm; K–N, 0.1 mm; J, 0.5 mm.

From Watson, J.E. (2011). Review of the genus Monotheca (Hydrozoa: Leptolida) from Australia with description of a new species and a note on Monothecella Stechow, 1923. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 68: 71-91.

Photographer: Watson, Jeanette. Publisher: Watson, Jeanette.