Hydrorhiza

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Hy`dro`rhi´za


n.1.(Zool.) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Colonies also grow asexually by producing additional hydranths to the upright branches (hydrocauli) or by extending the attached stolons (hydrorhiza) that then produce more hydrocauli and hydranths (Kinne, 1958; Fulton 1962; Jormalainen et al., 1994).
Colonies stolonal or erect, up to 19 mm (n = 10) in height, arising directly from creeping hydrorhiza 80-240 [micro]m (n = 10) in diameter.
Colony height did not exceed three millimeters and the hydrorhiza was well developed.
Description: Soft brown or yellowish stolonal colony, up to 6.8 mm high, arising from a creeping hydrorhiza. Long pedicels, 3.4-4.6 gin in length, 50-68 [micron]m in diameter; pedicel base with 2, 3 or 4 annulations; perisarc thick.
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