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Creeping bell hydroid
Sponge & Cnidarian
Creeping bell hydroid
Calycella syringa (Linnaeus, 1767)
WoRMS AphialID
117402
Sample IDs
HMSC174_01004 https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSpecimen?selectedrecordid=ATCCN032-24; HMSC174_01972 https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSpecimen?selectedrecordid=ATCCN148-25
Collected
Nova Scotia; Les Escoumins, Quebec; The Wolves, Bay of Fundy.
Distinguishing Features
• Tiny hydroid up to 0.5 mm tall
• Creeping, smooth, stolon giving rise to single hydrothecae on short, tightly coiled, annulated pedicels.
• Hydrothecae tubular with 8–13 triangular opercular segments.
• Gonophores on short annulated pedicels.
Habitat
Grows on other hydroids and bryozoans.
Geographic Range
Arctic and both sides of the north Atlantic Ocean. Very common in Atlantic Canada.
Fun Fact
The name derives from the Latin syringa meaning pipe or tube and presumably refers to the stolon.
Barcode Distribution
One other record in BIN. Location not specified.
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