Obelia dichotoma
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Obelia dichotoma
(fig. 4H)
Sertularia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758: 812.
Obelia dichotoma.— Hincks, 1868: 156 –157, pl. 28 figs 1, 1a–b.— Patriti, 1970: 36, fig. 45.—Cornelius, 1990: 550–555, figs. 2–3.— Ramil & Vervoort, 1992b: 243 –244, fig. 68c.— Cornelius, 1995b: 296 –300, fig. 69.— Medel & López-González, 1996.—206; Morri & Bianchi, 1999: 288.— Medel & Vervoort, 2000: 49 –53.—Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 2002: 161–162, fig. 31b–c.
Obelia dichotoma p.p. Cornelius, 1975a: 265 –272, figs. 3–4; 1982:117-1.
Material studied. Ormonde, stn 3: few scattered colonies, on Zonaria tournefortii, DBUA 1523.01. Ormonde, stn 4: abundant on tuff of algae, well-developed colonies, epibionts: small algae; DBUA 1523.02. Reported distribution. Eastern Atlantic.—Widespread from Iceland (Kramp 1938) to South Africa (Millard 1975). Herein reported for the first time in the Gorringe Bank.
Mediterranean.—Widespread (e.g. García-Corrales et al. 1978; Vervoort 1993; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002).
Elsewhere.—Eurybathic species, apparently with nearly worldwide distribution (e.g. Cornelius 1995b).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Campanulariidae
- Genus
- Obelia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Leptothecata
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Species
- dichotoma
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. L. Salvii, Holmiae, 823 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
- Hincks, T. (1868) A history of the British hydroid zoophytes. London. John van Voorst, 1, i - lxviii, 1 - 338.
- Patriti, G. (1970) Catalogue des cnidaires et ctenaires des cotes Atlantiques marocaines. Travaux de l'Institut Scientifique Cherifien, Faculte de Sciences, Zoologie, 35, 1 - 149.
- Ramil, F. & Vervoort, W. (1992 b) Report on the Hydroida collected by the`BALGIM' expedition in and around the Strait of Gibraltar. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 277, 3 - 262.
- Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995 b) North-west European thecate hydroids and their medusae. Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series, 50, 1 - 386.
- Medel, M. D. & Lopez-Gonzalez, P. J. (1996) Updated catalogue of hydrozoans of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands, with remarks on zoogeography and affinities. Scientia Marina, 60, 183 - 209.
- Medel, M. D. & Vervoort, W. (2000) Atlantic Haleciidae and Campanulariidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) collected during the CANCAP and Mauritania-II expeditions of the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 330, 1 - 68.
- Cornelius, P. F. S. (1975 a) The hydroid species of Obelia (Coelenterata, Hydrozoa: Campanulariidae), with notes on the medusa stage. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 28, 249 - 293.
- Kramp, P. L. (1938) Marine Hydrozoa. a. Hydroida. Zoology Iceland, 2 (5 a), 1 - 82.
- Millard, N. A. H. (1975) Monograph on the Hydroida of southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 68, 1 - 513.
- Vervoort, W. (1993) Report on hydroids (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) in the collection of the Zoological Museum, University of Tel- Aviv, Israel. Zoologische Meddedelingen, Leiden, 67 (40), 537 - 565.