[Cnidaria] [Fwd: Interesting cnidarian....]

[Collins, Allen]

Hello Peter:
I think they may be Pinauay crocea (used to be Tubularia crocea),
believed to be cosmopolitan and invasive. 
Check out the latest Lights Manual to see if everything matches up well.
The species is common in protected harbors and is quite large (up to
15cm), so if those attributes don't fit, keep looking.
--Allen

Dr. Allen G. Collins - phone: (202) 633-0645, fax: (202) 633-8848
Invertebrate Zoologist with Curatorial Responsibilities for Medusozoa
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Subject: [Cnidaria] [Fwd: Interesting cnidarian....]

Can anyone help Peter (pjbryant at uci.edu) identify these hydrozoans?

Cheers,
Rob

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Subject: Interesting cnidarian....
From:    "Peter Bryant" <pjbryant at UCI.EDU>
Date:    Sat, March 28, 2009 6:26 pm
To:      "Hans Bode" <hrbode at UCI.EDU>
         resteele at UCI.EDU
         "rcampbel-uci.edu" <rcampbel at UCI.EDU>
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....(attached) from the Marine Life Inventory at UNB this
morning.  Can you help to identify it?

THanks!

P