Distribution: Along the Norwegian coast, P. crocea is registered North of Hordaland.
Characteristics: The umbrella may reach a height and diameter of 25 millimeter. Typical for this species is the yellow (saffron) colored gonads. It has four radial canals and approximately 64 tentacles. The hydroid life-cycle stage of this species is unknown.
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(Selva
- The Trondheim fjord / 4
meters / 1.15.2010)
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Suborder: Conica
Family: Laodiceidae
Scientific name: Ptychogena crocea
Norwegian: -