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Mesodendriurn

Hydrozoa - Hydroida - Campanulariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Mesodendriurn Waggoner and Langer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
orderHydroidaJohnston 1836
RankNameAuthor
suborderCalyptoblastinaAllman 1871
familyCampanulariidaeJohnston 1836
subfamilyCampanulariinaeJohnston 1836
genusMesodendriurn

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G. †Mesodendriurn Waggoner and Langer 1993
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Mesodendriurn oktibbehaensis Waggoner and Langer 1993
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. M. Waggoner and M. R. Langer 1993Probably chitinous perisarc preserved as dark orange-brown (presumably organic) impression. Anastomosing hydrorhizae form a holdfast. Growth pattern sympodial, possibly creeping; fascicled hydrocaulus 0,25-0,5 mm in diameter; individual stems and hydrorhizae 0,1-0,2 mm in diameter. Many branches behind the terminal hydrothecae terminate abruptly and lack hydrothecae; these arepresumed to have broken off or regressed. Pedicels relatively short; no apparent annulation. Hydrothecae deep, elongated, campanulate, 0,6-1,5 mm; no true diaphragm indicated, but thickening and constriction at base of hydrotheca. Crenulate ornamentation around hydrothecal rim, turning into ridges running down hydrothecal wall; 4-5 crenulations preserved per hydrotheca. No indentifiable gonangia preserved.