(McCrady, 1859)

Oral tentacles divided twice, 4 interradial gonads. Umbrella 4 mm wide and high, dome-shaped, walls very thick; manubrium long and narrow; marginal bulbs small, bulbous, each with 7-9 slender, stiff tentacles; ocelli large.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Subphylum Medusozoa
Superclass Hydrozoa
Class Hydroidomedusae
Subclass Anthomedusae
Order Filifera
Suborder Margelina
Family Bougainvilliidae
Genus Bougainvillia
Species Bougainvillia carolinensis

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bougainvillia carolinensis (Mccrady, 1859)

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