DENDROSOMATIDAE

Description

Trophont attached to substratum by broad part of body; without stalk or stalk-like process ; tentacles at ends of conspicuous finger - I ike processes ; indeterminate growth; swarmers small , with transverse band of kineties ; seven genera. 1. Trophont's body hydroid- and stolon-like with tentacles at the ends of body processes ... .. .... .... .. . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . Dendrosoma 1'. Trophont's body with regularly distributed processes around periphery at the ends of which are tentacles .............................. Lernaeophrya

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Trophont attached to substratum by broad part
of body; without stalk or stalk-like process ;
tentacles at ends of conspicuous finger - I ike
processes ; indeterminate growth; swarmers small ,
with transverse band of kineties ; seven genera.
1. Trophont's body hydroid- and stolon-like with
tentacles at the ends of body processes ... .. .... .... .. .
. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . Dendrosoma
1'. Trophont's body with regularly distributed
processes around periphery at the ends of which
are tentacles .............................. Lernaeophrya