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

[Peter.Schuchert at ville-ge.ch]

> I think they may be Pinauay crocea (used to be Tubularia crocea),
> believed to be cosmopolitan and invasive.

dear Allen and Peter,
yeas I agree that it is likely Ectopleura crocea (L. Agassiz, 1862). I
prefer to use the combination Ectopleura crocea.
Ectopleura is a reasonably  well defined clade (also at the molecular
level) and I see no reason why it should be split into Ectopleura and
Pinauay.

regards,

Peter Schuchert
Muséum d'histoire naturelle
Route de Malagnou 1
CH-1211 Genève
Suisse / Switzerland
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