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Sertularella leiocarpoides Vervoort 1993

Description

Sertularella leiocarpoides Vervoort, 1993

Figs 9 D–G, 10A; Table 5

Sertularella leiocarpoides Vervoort, 1993: 223, fig. 49.

Material examined

BATHUS 2: Stn. CP737, a 5 cm high, sterile colony devoid of hydrorhiza (MNHN-IK-2012-16581).

BATHUS 3:Stn.DW829,a 3.5cm high colony fragment bearing one gonotheca(MNHN-IK-2012-16582); Stn. DW830, a 5 cm high and 7.5 cm wide sterile colony (MNHN-IK-2012-16583).

SALOMON 1: Stn. DW1741, a 2 cm high, sterile colony (MNHN-IK-2012-16584).

Remarks

The four available specimens were compared to a colony of Sertularella leiocarpa (Allman, 1888) from Inaccessible Island (see Galea 2015b). Portions of three of them are illustrated altogether with S. leiocarpa, so as to show their specific differences (compare Fig. 5 D–F and 5G). As already noted by Vervoort (1993), the internodes are thick, short and geniculate in S. leiocarpoides, and comparatively more slender, longer, and less geniculate in S. leiocarpa. In addition, the hydrothecae of Vervoort’s species have the adaxial cusps characteristically upturned, and there are generally also two inconspicuous latero-adaxial, internal, submarginal projections of the perisarc and, occasionally, a third one, on the abaxial side.

Geographical distribution

New Caledonia (Vervoort 1993; present study), Solomon Islands (present study).

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R., 2016, Notes on some sertulariid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the tropical western Pacific, with descriptions of nine new species, pp. 1-52 in European Journal of Taxonomy 218 on pages 33-35, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.218, http://zenodo.org/record/3840195

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sertulariidae
Genus
Sertularella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Leptothecata
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Vervoort
Species
leiocarpoides
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sertularella leiocarpoides Vervoort, 1993 sec. Galea, 2016

References

  • Vervoort W. 1993. Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydroida: Hydroids from the western Pacific (Philippines, Indonesia and New Caledonia) I. Sertulariidae (Part 1). In: Crosnier A. (ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 11. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 158: 89 - 298, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Allman G. J. 1888. Report on the Hydroida dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Part II. - The Tubularinae, Corymorphinae, Campanularinae, Sertularinae and Thalamophora. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the year 1873 - 76, Zoology 23 (70): 1 - 90. Available from http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 49519881 [accessed 29 Jun. 2016]
  • Galea H. R. 2015 b. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Tristan da Cunha and St. Helena. Marine Biodiversity Records 8 (e 154): 1 - 18. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267215001256