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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).

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R., 2008, On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 1878 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149

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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.