[Cnidaria] Porpita porpita

[Nicole Gravier-Bonnet]

I can say that this is very different from the Porpita species I have  
found in the Indian Ocean, probably Porpita porpita. Before the  
gathering of all species in a single one (P. porpita), in the   
Pacific two species were described : Porpita pacifica and Porpema  
prunella. Your specimens could be one of these species. Hope more  
help will come from other colleagues working in the Pacific,

Nicole.



Le 16 nov. 07 à 18:34, Delphine Thibault-Botha a écrit :

> Dear All,
>
> Colleagues from Hawaii have been observing several Porpita porpita  
> see pictures at http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/~botha/pictures.htm
> According to one person, they can be as big as 20-30cm? I thought  
> Porpita was more into the few cm size range.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Delphine
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