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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
but is frequently branched and irregular. Reproduction is accomplished by external multiple budding, 
usually from the anterior half of the body. Salt water. 
Ephelota coronata Str. Wright. Fig. 66. 
Synonyms; Hemiophrya gemmipara S. K.; Podophrya gemmipara Hertwig. 
The body is spheroidal, ovate, or pyriform, with numerous sharp-pointed tentacles and a few 
straight, uniform tentacles. The stalk is about three times the length of the body and tapers from its 
widest part at the insertion in the body to the narrowest part at the point of attachment. It may or 
may not be longitudinally striated. This is one of the commonest of the Suclor ia found at Woods Hole. 
It is usually present on Campanularian hydroids, but may be found on algae and Bryozoa. 
Length of body 90/; to 200/;. 
Genus ACINETA Ehr. ’33, Biitschli ’88. 
(Stein ’54, ’59; Claparede & Lachman '58; Quennerstedt ’67; Hertwig ’76; Mereschowsky ’79; Eutz '84; 
Kent ’81; Maupas ’83; Gruber '84; Gourret & Roeser '86, and others.) 
Small to medium-sized forms. The distinguishing feature is that the stalk is swollen at the distal 
extremity to form a cup or basin in which the animal rests. The cup may be developed until the body 
is nearly inclosed. The macronucleus is spherical or band form. The contractile vacuole is usually 
single. Budding, so far as known, is endogenous. Fresh and salt water. 
