Published December 31, 2010 | Version v1
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Amphisbetia minima Thompson 1879

Description

Amphisbetia minima (Thompson, 1879)

(fig. 4 F, G)

Sertularia minima Thompson, 1879: 104, pl. 17 fig. 3.

Amphisbetia minima – Millard, 1975: 250, fig. 82H–K. – Vervoort & Watson, 2003: 107, fig. 20J–L.

Material examined. Stn. T21, 31.x.2007: two colonies 4–5 mm high, with female gonothecae, on algae (NHM 2009.19).

Distribution. Temperate and sub-Antarctic waters of the southern hemisphere (Vervoort & Watson 2003). This is the first record of this species for Tristan da Cunha.

Other

Published as part of Galea, Horia R., 2010, Notes on a small collection of thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Tristan da Cunha, south Atlantic, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 2336 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205235

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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, 2010