Tuuli's hydroid: Sympagohydra tuuli (Piraino, Bluhm, Gradinger & Boero, 2008)
A new genus and species of ice-associated hydroid
Size
- Juveniles 0.2 mm
- Adults 1.1 mm
Color & Characteristics
- Transparent
- Spindle-shaped, almost spherical when contracted
- 3-4 filiiform oral tentacles
- aboral end extensible into a tubular foot-like projection made by epidermal tissue only
Habitat
- Arctic sea ice
- Brine channel system within sea ice
- Distribution unknown
Feeding
- predatory
- likely eats nauplii and other small sea ice fauna
Life cycle
- Unknown
Page Author: Bodil Bluhm
Created: Nov 5, 2008
