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Taxon
Hebella furax Millard, 1957
Nomenclature
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Family: HebellidaeGenus: Hebella
Species:
Hebella furax Millard, 1957
Usage:
valid
SUMMARY
Hydrorhiza a loosely winding tube.
Hydrothecae large, campanulate, perisarc delicate, smooth. Hydrotheca asymmetrical, one side convex, the other straight or slightly concave, this side always inclined to the hydroid host. Margin entire, with a thin slightly everted rim. Pedicel of variable length, perisarc thick. strongly undulated to smooth, widening distally to pass into base of hydrotheca below diaphragm. Immature hydrothecae truncated with a thin cap-like operculum.