| Polyorchidae () |
| 2 cm H (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic; marine |
| Eastern Pacific: USA and Canada. |
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Measures 20 mm in height, conical gastric peduncle protruding into the bell cavity from which long tubular gonads hang; 25 gonads on each radial canal; long stomach with 4 frilly lips; 4 radial canals either simple or branched, with rudimentary, closely-set, knob-like diverticula; ring canal with or without a knob-like diverticula; 30 tentacles, each with a deep red pigment around the ocellus at the base; tentacles and gonads yellow or grayish brown in color (Ref. 2376). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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