Medusa buds develop between the two whorls of tentacles, and produce either eggs or sperm.

Tubularia

Pinauay (crocea?)

Previously Tubularia (crocea?)

Hydrozoa: Tubulariidae

Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/29/09

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