Halecium antarcticum Vanhöffen 1910

Halecium antarcticum from Station 107. A, fertile branch with well defined internodes and mature and developing gonothecae. B, hydrophores and hydrothecae with desmocytes. C, branch with linear regeneration of hydrophores. Scale bar: A, 2 mm; B, 0.3 mm; C, 0.5 mm.

From Watson, J.E. (2008). Hydroids of the BANZARE expeditions, 1929 – 1931: the family Haleciidae (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata) from the Australian Antarctic Territory. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 165-178

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