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Obelia geniculata Linnaeus 1758

Description

Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

(fig. 5 H)

Sertularia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758: 812.

Obelia geniculata – Cornelius, 1975: 272, figs 1, 5. – Cornelius, 1995b: 301, fig. 70.

Material examined. Stn. T14, 23.ii.2005: several sterile, poorly-preserved stems, up to 10 mm high, on Macrocystis pyrifera.

Distribution. Previously collected by the S.Y. Scotia from the fronds of Macrocystis pyrifera at Gough Island (Ritchie 1907). This is a near-cosmopolitan species, penetrating high latitudes in the northern hemisphere and into sub-Antarctic waters in the southern hemisphere (Medel & Vervoort 2000).

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 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205235

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Campanulariidae
Genus
Obelia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Leptothecata
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
geniculata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Obelia geniculata Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Galea, 2010