Description:-

Bell 8-10 mm high, thick vertical sides and flatly rounded top. Four radially placed marginal tentacles with about 15-20 tentacles in each cluster and these tentacles not half as long as bell height. Radial canals four, straight and wide near the junction with stomach. Manubrium half as long as bell height, wide at base but lacking peduncle. Oral tentacles branch dichotomously. Gonads eight, two upon each interradial side.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Habitat:-

Marine

Synonyms:-

Bougainvillia fulva Agassiz&Mayer,1899, Bougainvillia fulva Fagetti, 1973

References:-

NAIR, K. K. 1951. Medusae of the Trivandrum Coast. Part I. Systematics. Bulletin of the Research Institute of the University of Travancore 20: 47-75, pl. 1.
Vannucci, M; Santhakumari, V and dos Santos, EP (1970) The ecology of hydromedusae from the Cochin area Marine Biology Springer Berlin 7(1) 49-58 Available at - http://www.springerlink.com/content/p0216458384h1867/fulltext.pdf
Schuchert, P. (2014). Bougainvillia fulva Agassiz & Mayer, 1899. In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221102 on 2015-03-11