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词条 Candelabrum tentaculatum
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  1. Description

  2. Species range

  3. Identification

  4. Natural history

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Speciesbox
| image = Dreadlocks hydroids at Tafelberg Reef DSC02873.JPG
| taxon = Candelabrum tentaculatum
| authority = (Millard, 1966)
| synonyms = * Myriothela tentaculata Millard 1966.
}}Candelabrum tentaculatum, also called the dreadlocks hydroid or calamari hydroid, is a sessile marine hydroid, that is found off the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.[1][2]

Description

Naked cylindrical hydranth up to about 70mm long, covered by densely packed short capitate tentacles. Basal part carries a single whorl of about 17 long unbranched blastostyles, with gonophores near the hydranth.[1]

Species range

Endemic to South Africa, known only from the Cape Peninsula[1][2] and Port Elizabeth in 10 to 30 m of water.[2]

Identification

Pale off-white slightly tapering cylindrical certral part with rounded tip, covered with very short rounded tentacles. The base has a ring of long floppy reddish tentacles that drape over the substrate.

Natural history

Often found on pore-plated false corals Laminopora jellyae.[2]

References

1. ^Millard, N.A.H. 1975. Monograph on the Hydroida of Southern Africa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 68:1-513
2. ^Jones, Georgina. (2008), Marine animals of the Cape Peninsula Southern Underwater Research Group Press, Cape Town. {{ISBN|978-0-620-41639-9}}

External links

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2 : Hydrozoa|Animals described in 1966

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