Mayer, 1910

Umbrella 14 mm wide, higher than hemispherical, with rounded apex; with linear gonads extending from corners of manubrium to somewhat more than half length of radial canals; tentacles with finger-shaped or oval diverticula into bell margin; 1 (rarely 2) statocysts between successive tentacles.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Subphylum Medusozoa
Superclass Hydrozoa
Class Hydroidomedusae
Subclass Leptomedusae
Order Conica
Family Blackfordiidae
Genus Blackfordia
Species Blackfordia virginica

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Blackfordia virginica Mayer, 1910

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

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