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Amphisbetia minima Thompson 1879

Description

Amphisbetia minima (Thompson, 1879)

(fig. 3N, O)

Amphisbetia minima — Millard, 1975: 250, fig. 82H–K.

Material examined. Stn. AMI — 20.v.2010, S01 (5 m): small colony with female gonothecae, on bryozoan host; 26.v.2010, S04 (10 m): rich, fertile colony bearing numerous male gonothecae, on seaweed (MHNG-INVE- 79621); S09 (5 m): rich but sterile colony on seaweed (MHNG-INVE-79622).

Distribution in Chile. Canal Fitzroy (Jäderholm 1910), near Corral (present study).

World records. Temperate and sub-Antarctic waters of the southern hemisphere (Vervoort & Watson 2003).

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R. & Schories, Dirk, 2012, Some hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from Central Chile and the Strait of Magellan, pp. 19-67 in Zootaxa 3296 on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280882

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sertulariidae
Genus
Amphisbetia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Leptothecata
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Thompson
Species
minima
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amphisbetia minima Thompson, 1879 sec. Galea & Schories, 2012

References

  • Millard, N. A. H. (1975) Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 68, 1 - 513.
  • Jaderholm, E. (1910) Uber die Hydroiden, welche Dr. C. Skottsberg in den Jahren 1907 - 1909 gesammelt. Arkiv for Zoologi, 6 (14), 1 - 5.
  • Vervoort, W. & Watson, J. E. (2003) The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 119, 1 - 538.