Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch 1871
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Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch, 1871
(fig. 2P)
Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch, 1871: 228.— Brinckmann-Voss, 1970: 69, figs 80–82.—Millard, 1975: 65, fig. 21A–B.— Hirohito, 1988: 52, fig. 16B–F.— Migotto, 1996: 17, fig. 4A–B.— Schuchert, 1996: 97, fig. 57.— Calder et al., 2003: 1178, fig. 3.—Schuchert, 2006: 368, fig. 16.
Material examined. Stn. 2: 22.01.2008 —several fertile and sterile colonies, 2–4 mm high, on algae, stems of Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820 and sponge; 26.01.2008 —several sterile colonies, 2–4 mm high, on algae (MHNG INVE 60978). Stn. 3: 26.01.2008 —numerous small colonies, some with gonophores, on algae. Type locality. Herm, Channel Islands, Great Britain.
Remarks. For recent descriptions of this species, see Migotto (1996) and Schuchert (2006). Distribution. Circumglobal, absent from colder regions (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Rotch
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Cladocorynidae
- Genus
- Cladocoryne
- Species
- floccosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cladocoryne floccosa Rotch, 1871 sec. Galea, 2008
References
- Rotch, W. D. (1871) On a new genus and species of hydroid zoophytes (Cladocoryne floccosa). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4 (7), 227 - 228.
- Brinckmann-Voss, A. (1970) Anthomedusae / Athecatae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) of the Mediterranean. Part I. Capitata. Fauna e Flora del Golfo di Napoli, 39, 1 - 96.
- Migotto, A. E. (1996) Benthic shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the coast of Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, including a checklist of Brazilian hydroids. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 306, 1 - 125.
- Schuchert, P. (1996) The marine fauna of New Zealand: athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 106, 1 - 159.
- Calder, D. R., Mallinson, J. J., Collins, K. & Hickman, C. P. (2003) Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria) of the Galapagos, with a list of species reported from the islands. Journal of Natural History, 37, 1173 - 1218.
- Goldfuss, G. A. (1820) Handbuch der Zoologie. I. Abtheilung. Johann Leonard Schrag, Nurnberg, 696 pp.
- Pena Cantero, A. L. & Garcia Carrascosa, A. M. (2002) The benthic hydroid fauna of the Chafarinas islands (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 337, 1 - 180.