Английская Википедия:Candelabrum tentaculatum
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Candelabrum tentaculatum, also called the dreadlocks hydroid or calamari hydroid, is a sessile marine hydroid, that is found off the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.[1][2]
Description
Naked cylindrical hydranth up to about 70mm long, covered by densely packed short capitate tentacles. Basal part carries a single whorl of about 17 long unbranched blastostyles, with gonophores near the hydranth.[1]
Species range
Endemic to South Africa, known only from the Cape Peninsula[1][2] and Port Elizabeth in 10 to 30 m of water.[2]
Identification
Pale off-white slightly tapering cylindrical central part with rounded tip, covered with very short rounded tentacles. The base has a ring of long floppy reddish tentacles that drape over the substrate.
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Small group off Clifton, Cape Town.
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Large group off Oudekraal, Cape Town.
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Candelabrum tentaculatum on Laminopora jellyae, off Hout Bay, Cape Town.
Natural history
Often found on pore-plated false corals Laminopora jellyae.[2]
References
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