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European hydromedusa Eleutheria dichotoma (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthomedusae) found at high densities in New South Wales, Australia: distribution, biology and habitat
Fraser, C.; Capa, M.; Schuchert, P. (2006). European hydromedusa Eleutheria dichotoma (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthomedusae) found at high densities in New South Wales, Australia: distribution, biology and habitat. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(4): 699-703. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406013592
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Keywords
    Distribution > Geographical distribution
    Habitat
    New records
    Population characteristics > Population number
    Taxa > Species > Introduced species
    Eleutheria dichotoma Quatrefages, 1842 [WoRMS]
    PSE, Australia, New South Wales [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Fraser, C.
  • Capa, M.
  • Schuchert, P., more

Abstract
    Eleutheria dichotoma, a hydrozoan not previously recorded from the southern hemisphere, was found at high densities at several locations along the coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, between August and November 2005. The identity of the species was confirmed by morphological and molecular (16S rDNA) comparisons with European specimens. Local densities, distribution and habitat (algal substrate) were examined. The medusae were found along a 400 km stretch of coastline between Bateau Bay (33°23'S 151°29'E) and Pebbly Beach (35°35'S 150°43'E), primarily on the green alga Ulva, at mean densities of more than 50 individuals per 10 cm2 plot. The species is probably a recent introduction to Australia.

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