Eudendrium racemosum (Cavolini, 1785)

Watson, Jeanette E., 2012, Some hydroids (Hydrozoa: Hydroidolina) from Dampier, Western Australia: annotated list with description of two new species., Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69, pp. 355-363 : 355-356

Measurements of Eudendrium racemosum , (µm) preserved material

Branch, distance between pedicels 1000–1800

Hydranth pedicel length 760–1700

diameter 136–184

Hydranth, width below tentacles 320–448

Remarks. No supplementary cnidophores are present on the hydranths (see Watson 1985). The colonies of E. racemosum are substrate for most of the smaller hydroid species in the collection.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Seychelles, Vietnam, South China Sea, Japan; previously recorded in Australia from the Great Barrier Reef ( Pennycuik 1959).