"Hydractina Echinata. c, the canosarc, forming an incrustation over the object on which it lives; n, nutritive polyps; r, reproductive polyps, bearing buds in which are ova; t, tentacles." — Galloway

Hydractina Echinata

"Hydractina Echinata. c, the canosarc, forming an incrustation over the object on which it lives; n,…

"Two female sporosacs (degenerate medusae) of Hydraetinia echinata. a, ectoderm; b, endoderm; o, eggcella; g, entric cavity. In A an invagination of the ectoderm, which is more complete in B, represents the rudiment of the sub-umbrella space." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Sporosac

"Two female sporosacs (degenerate medusae) of Hydraetinia echinata. a, ectoderm; b, endoderm; o, eggcella;…