Halicreas

Halicreas minimum is a species of deep sea hydrozoan of the family Halicreatidae.^[1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Halicreas.

Halicreas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Trachymedusae
Family:	Halicreatidae
Genus:	Halicreas Fewkes, 1882
Species:	H. minimum
Binomial name
Halicreas minimum Fewkes, 1882
Synonyms
Halicreas papillosum Vanhöffen, 1902

Description

Umbrella 30–40 mm wide, thick, disk-like, with small apical projection; 8 clusters of gelatinous papillae above margin, mouth wide circular opening; 8 broad, band-like, radial canals; broad circular canal; gonads flattened, extending along almost entire length of radial canals; tentacles up to 640; 3-4 statocysts in each octant.