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A hydroid
Sponge & Cnidarian
A hydroid
Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820)
WoRMS AphialID
117702
Sample IDs
HMSC174-00187 https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSpecimen?selectedrecordid=ATCCN007-23; HMSC174_02396 https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/MAS_DataRetrieval_OpenSpecimen?selectedrecordid=ATCCN083-24
Collected
Mouton Island, Nova Scotia; Saguenay Fjord, Quebec. Labrador
Distinguishing Features
• Colonies 1–10 cm tall. Can be stolonal or erect with many large, irregular branches.
• Greenish colour when living.
• Stems polysiphonic and hydrothecae at irregular intervals, arising from all sides of the stem.
• Hydrothecae large (0.5–1.1 mm deep) and tubular, pedicels can be long and often twisted.
• Margin of hydrothecae smooth, everted but not flaring.
• No diaphragm or operculum.
• Gonothecae in masses (coppiniae).
Habitat
Found in depths of 5–950 m on rock substrates.
Geographic Range
Arctic and both sides of the north Atlantic.
Fun Fact
The species name come from the Latin Dumosa which means bushy or shrubby. It refers to the bushy shape of this hydroid.
Barcode Distribution
BIN is private.
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