Hydractinia epiconcha

Japanese: カイウミヒドラ(英語表記)Hydractinia epiconcha
Hydractinia epiconcha
Class Hydrozoa, Order Anthoathecata, Family Hydridae. The shell of the wrinkled conch (→Snails), with a shell length of about 2 cm, has a membranous hydroid root on top of which the zooids grow in clusters, making the shell invisible. The inside of the hydroid root has a chitinous skeleton, with many spines protruding from the surface. The zooids are about 5 mm long. The zooids are polymorphic, with vegetative polyps, finger-like polyps, and reproductive polyps, each of which plays a role in nutrition and reproduction. The vegetative polyps are the largest, with 20 to 30 tentacles around their mouths, and the reproductive polyps have several reproductive bodies attached in a ring. There is no jellyfish-like stage in the life cycle. They are commonly found on rocky reefs in the intertidal zone and shallow waters from central Honshu to Kyushu. (→Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Invertebrates)

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Japanese:
刺胞動物門ヒドロ虫綱アンソアテカータ目ウミヒドラ科。殻長 2cmほどの巻貝(→巻貝類),シワホラダマシの殻の上にヒドロ根を膜状に広げ,その上に個虫が群生しているため貝殻は見えない。ヒドロ根の内部にはキチン質の骨格があり,多くのとげが表面に突き出る。個虫の長さは 5mmほど。個虫は栄養ポリプ,指状ポリプ,生殖ポリプなど多形で,それぞれが栄養や生殖などの役割を担っている。栄養ポリプは最も大型で,口の周囲には 20~30本の触手があり,生殖ポリプは数個の生殖体を環状につけている。生活史のなかでクラゲ型の時期はない。本州中部から九州まで,潮間帯から浅海の岩礁に普通に見られる。(→刺胞動物,ヒドロ虫類,無脊椎動物)

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