Gattya humilis Snowdrop hydroid

Gattya humilis is commonly referred to as Snowdrop hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Gattya humilis (Snowdrop hydroid)

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Scientific:: Gattya humilis
German:: Schneeflocken Hydroid
English:: Snowdrop Hydroid

Category:: Meduzy - Krążkopławy

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Halopterididae (Family) > Gattya (Genus) > humilis (Species)
Initial determination:: Allman, 1885

Occurrence:: Namibia, South-Africa
Sea depth:: 5 - 70 Meter
Size:: 3,0 cm
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gattya aglaopheniaformis
Gattya balei
Gattya conspecta
Gattya heurteli
Gattya humilis
Schneeflocken Hydroid
Gattya multithecata
Gattya trebilcocki
Gattya tropicalis
Gattya wimleni

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-06-09 20:08:50
Last edit:: 2017-06-09 20:30:41

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Gattya humilis Allman, 1885

Gattya humilis is usually white with small branches. The Snowdrop hydroid grows on coralline algae.The male gonophores (reproductive bodies) are smaller and more rounded than the female ones, which are goblet-shaped and contain only one egg each. Both sexes occur on the same colonial hydroid.

Synonyms:
Paragattya humilis (Allman, 1885)
Paragattya intermedia Warren, 1908

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydrozoonolina (Subclass) > Leptothecata (Order) > Plumularioidea (Superfamily) > Halopterididae (Family) > Gattya (Genus) > Gattya humilis (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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