eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Alcyonidium spp |
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| Common name: |
Nodular bryzoan |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Ectoprocta |
Not defined |
Gymnolaemata |
Not defined |
Ctenostomata |
carnosa |
Alcyonidiidae |
Not defined |
Alcyonidium |
Alcyonidium spp |
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Short Description:
Forms an white coat on shells of the welk.Polyps naked and interspersed with chitinous spines and tiny ball-like reproductiveindividuals
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Identification
features: |
Live exclusively on the welk Burnupena papyracea (Papery burnupena) |
| Size: |
Polyps is 2mm |
| Behaviour: |
Protect it host by repeeling some of its preditors with it stinging cells |
| Diet: |
Unknown |
| Distribution: |
Saldanha to Port Elizabeth
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| Depth: |
24m |
| Habitat: |
Found only on welks |
| Reference: |
- Two Oceans
(A guide to the marine life of Southern Africa)
GM Branch;CL Griffiths;ML Branch;LE Beckley
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Database Statistics
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