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 Back to Cnidaria of Orange County, California |
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 |