Siphonophora (Cnidaria:Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific Waters"Section 4. Ecology, by Mary N. Arai ... and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary." |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Systematics Morphology and Terminology | 3 |
3 Life Cycles Budding and Autotomy | 15 |
4 Ecology | 23 |
5 Worldwide Distribution | 35 |
6 Material Examined | 55 |
7 Key to Siphonophores from Canadian Pacific Waters | 59 |
8 Abbreviations Used in Figures | 65 |
9 Glossary of Siphonophore Terminology | 67 |
10 Systematic Account | 75 |
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Acknowledgements | 267 |
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Common terms and phrases
Agalma Agalmatidae Alvariño anterior nectophore ascending surface diverticulum Atlantic axial wings axis Bargmannia BCPM Bigelow bracteal canal bracts calycophorans Canadian Pacific waters Carré catalogue number Chuniphyes Clausophyes Cnidaria coastal provinces colony conoidea cormidia cusps definitive nectophores Diphyes diphyid diphyomorph disjunct pedicular canal distal distal lamella elongate eudoxid extending furrow gastrozooid genus gonophores holotype hydroecial hydroecial canal hydroecium Hydrozoa internal pedicular canal Kirkpatrick and Pugh lamella larval nectophore lateral radial canals lateral ridge lateral view Lensia lower lateral lower surface Mackie Mapstone mesogloea Moser mouthplate Muggiaea multidentata Nanomia bijuga nectophore length nectophore surface nectosac nectosome nematocysts Ocean ostial ring canal ostium phyllocyst physonects Plankton Polar biome posterior nectophore Praya prayids prayomorph proximal end proximal surface RBCM records Rosacea siphonophores siphosome somatocyst species specimens stem Stepanjants Strait of Georgia synonymy tentilla Totton Trades biome typically upper radial canal upper ridge upper-lateral ridge Vancouver Island Vogtia Westerlies biome zooids zooplankton