Eudendrium glomeratum Picard, 1951

Figs 89-94 - Eudendrium glomeratum Picard, 1951. Specimen from Cape Jaubert, W.A., assigned by Jaderholm (1916) to E. pusillum von Lendenfeld, 1885. 89, Whole colony. 90, Hydranth, showing button-shaped nematocyst pads. 91, Female blastostyle with gonophores at several stages of maturity; nematocyst pads on spadix of young gonophores. 92-94, Nematocysts, drawn to same scale. 92, Microbasic eurytele from tentacles. 93, ?Macrobasic eurytele, undischarged, from nematocyst pad on hydranth. 94, part of discharged shaft of ?macrobasic eurytele showing spirals of fine bristles.

From Watson, J.E. (1985) The genus Eudendrium (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) from Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 97(4): 179-221.

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