Andrew P. Newton, Australien
Info
Very special thanks for the first great photo of Lobataria newtoni to Andrew P. Newton, Australia.
The species is named for Andrew P. Newton, diver and underwater photographer.
Lobataria newtoni occurs on old bivalve shells buried at one to two centimetres in the sandy seabed on open sandy to silty seabed in shallow water with mild current fl ow.
It is anchored to shells by a hydrorhiza comprising a short, sticky stolon coated with sand grains.
Colour.
Hydrocaulus pale brown, hydranth flesh-pink, tentacles transparent white; developing female gonophores orange, changing to strawberry red at maturity; male gonophores paler, actinula white, spadix brown.
Source:
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/media/4119/179-184_watson_lobataria_web.pdf
Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 179–184 (2008)ISSN 1447-2546 (Print) 1447-2554
(On-line)http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/memoirs/index.asp
Lobataria newtoni gen. et sp. nov., (Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Tubulariidae) from southern Australia
Author: Jeanette E. Watson
The species is named for Andrew P. Newton, diver and underwater photographer.
Lobataria newtoni occurs on old bivalve shells buried at one to two centimetres in the sandy seabed on open sandy to silty seabed in shallow water with mild current fl ow.
It is anchored to shells by a hydrorhiza comprising a short, sticky stolon coated with sand grains.
Colour.
Hydrocaulus pale brown, hydranth flesh-pink, tentacles transparent white; developing female gonophores orange, changing to strawberry red at maturity; male gonophores paler, actinula white, spadix brown.
Source:
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/media/4119/179-184_watson_lobataria_web.pdf
Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 179–184 (2008)ISSN 1447-2546 (Print) 1447-2554
(On-line)http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/memoirs/index.asp
Lobataria newtoni gen. et sp. nov., (Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Tubulariidae) from southern Australia
Author: Jeanette E. Watson
