Hydroids of Australia

Australian Hydroids, based largely on the works of Jan Watson, Honorary Associate, Museum Victoria. Data assembled and imported from original sources by Hugh MacIntosh, Museum Victoria

Tasmanaria aegis

Holotype: TM K1702, CSIRO Cruise SSO1/97, Stn 57, 44.18°S 146.99°E to 44.21°S 146.95°E, depth 900-1100 m, benthic sledge, 65.1 km SSE of South East Cape, Tasmania. One large branched colony 40 cm high on dead colonial coral Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873.

Tasmanaria monticola

Holotype: TM K1710, CSIRO Cruise SSO1/97, Stn 36, 44.27°S 147.33°E to 44.24°S 147.36°E, depth 987 m, 83.8 km SSE of South East Cape, Tasmania. Infertile colony comprising two stems, 45 mm and 65 mm high with one side branch, stems detached from hydrorhiza;

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