Published September 28, 2007 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Campanulina pumila

Description

Campanulina pumila (Clark, 1875)

(fig. 8G–I, table 2)

Opercularella pumila Clark, 1875: 61, pl. 9 figs 3–5; Calder, 1971: 65, pl. 4I.

Opercularella pumilla: Hargitt, 1909: 37.

Opercularella nana Hartlaub, 1897: 502, pl. 20 figs 9–11.

Campanulina pumila: Vervoort, 1946: 215, fig. 91; Cornelius, 1995a: 193, fig. 44; Schuchert, 2001a: 56, fig. 42A–B.

Material examined. Stn. ANI — 01.iv. 2005, 2 m, S24: a fertile colony, epizoic on Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus, 2 slides (MHNG INVE 53178).

Type locality. Portland (Maine) and off Montauk Point (Long Island), USA.

Description. Colonies minute, stolonal. Hydrothecae borne on spiral-twisted pedicels of variable length; long, tubular, distal 1/4 comprising membranous, conical, pleated operculum, composed of several triangular flaps, not distinctly delimited basally by crease-line; basal part gently tapering into pedicel and provided with thin diaphragm. Gonothecae arising directly from stolon; barrel-shaped but quite elongated; distal end truncated and provided with large, rounded aperture; gonotheca borne on short, twisted pedicel. Gonothecae empty.

Remarks. The present material is exclusively stolonal. Colonies composed of erect shoots of up to 5 hydrothecae were described from Great Britain (Cornelius 1995a). The hydranths in the present material were either retracted or badly preserved, so that the number or tentacles could not be checked. Cornelius (1995a) reported hydranths with ca 18 amphicoronate tentacles and having a minute, basal web. A thin diaphragm delimiting a basal chamber, similar to that observed by Schuchert (2001a) from Greenland material, is visible in some gonothecae from Chile.

World distribution. North Sea, North Atlantic, Pacific coasts of North America (Cornelius 1995a), Greenland (Schuchert 2001a).

Records from Chile. The present material was collected at only one station, from Angostura Inglesa, Canal Messier. This is the first record of the species for Chile.

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R., 2007, Hydroids and hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile, pp. 1-116 in Zootaxa 1597 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1650.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5097970

Files

Files (2.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:bde4f870c9ac720b748be3cb3eecb8ed
2.5 kB Download

System files (15.7 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:c9ad72c2fcc927920e64ec37cd529ef8
15.7 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MHNG
Event date
2005-04-01
Family
Campanulinidae
Genus
Campanulina
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
INVE 53178
Order
Leptothecata
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Clark
Species
pumila
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2005-04-01
Taxonomic concept label
Campanulina pumila (Clark, 1875) sec. Galea, 2007

References

  • * Clark, S. F. (1875) Descriptions of new and rare species of hydroids from the New England coast. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 3, 58 - 66.
  • Calder, D. R. (1971) Hydroids and hydromedusae of southern Chesapeake Bay. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Special Papers in Marine Science, 1, 1 - 125.
  • Hargitt, C. W. (1909) New and little known hydroids of Woods Hole. Biological Bulletin, 17 (6), 369 - 385.
  • * Hartlaub, C. (1897) Die Hydromedusen Helgolands. Wissenschaften Meeresunters, Helgoland, 2 (1) (2), 449 - 536.
  • * Vervoort, W. (1946) Hydrozoa. A. Hydropolypen. Fauna van Nederland, 14, 1 - 336.
  • Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995 a) North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae. Part 1. Introduction, Laodiceidae to Haleciidae. Synopses of the British fauna, 50, 1 - 347.
  • Schuchert, P. (2001 a) Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland. Meddelelser om Gronland, Bioscience, 53, 1 - 184.