Redescription of Tripoma arboretum Hirohito, 1995 (Hydrozoa: Campanulinidae) from the Tasman Sea with notes on quasi-parasitism of the species

Abstract

Tripoma arboreum Hirohito, 1995 has been found in deep water in the Tasman Sea south of Australia, the Norfolk Ridge north of New Zealand and Sagami Bay, Japan. The species exhibits unusual quasi-parasitic behaviour towards its host species.

Keywords

• tripoma tetrapoma
• campanulinidae
• taxonomy
• tasman sea
• australia