Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 6/1/2016. © Peter J. Bryant

Athecate Hydroid

Eudendrium sp.?

Specimens matched by DNA Barcode; BOLD Index Number ACZ0495

Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata

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Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 6/1/2016. © Peter J. Bryant

12/8/2015. Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant

Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/1/2016. © Peter J. Bryant

Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 6/1/2016. © Peter J. Bryant

Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 6/1/2016. © Peter J. Bryant
All Eudendrium species have lost the medusa and reproduce via gonophores. Sperm is produced by male gonophores and swims to fertilize eggs in female gonophores. Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/1/2016. © Peter J. Bryant

Balboa Pavilion dock, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 6/1/2016. © Peter J. Bryant