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Tubularia crocea L. Agassiz in British Waters

Nature volume 197, page 1223 (1963)Cite this article

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RECENTLY some colonies of a tubularian hydroid were submitted to the British Museum (Natural History) by Dr. S. Markowski. The colonies were found attached to a rope at the intake of Cliff Quay Power Station, near Ipswich, on the River Orwell in July 1959. In general appearance the colonies resembled T. larynx in having a stem height of about 5 cm.

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    W. J. REES

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REES, W. Tubularia crocea L. Agassiz in British Waters. Nature 197, 1223 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971223a0

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