dcsimg

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Colonies stolonal or erect, with perisarc enveloping hydranth and extending as a sheath over proximal ends of tentacles. Hydranth ovoid to vasiform; hypostome dome-shaped; tentacles in single whorl or in two close whorls. Gonophores fixed sporosacs on hydrorhiza and branches.

Reference

Launert, E. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969) 36. Balsaminaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 15 - 16

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Schuchert, Peter, P.