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Antennella curvitheca Fraser 1937

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Antennella curvitheca Fraser, 1937

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Antennella curvitheca Fraser, 1937: 4, pl. 2 fig. 7.― Fraser, 1944: 315, pl. 66 fig. 299.― Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen, 1965: 56, figs 32–33.― Schuchert, 1997: 38, fig. 13.― Calder & Kirkendale, 2005: 483.

Material examined. Stn.15: 02.12.2009 —numerous sterile stems, to 4 mm high, on red algae caught by fishing nets presumably from off Port-Louis, depth unknown.

Remarks. For a description of this species, see Schuchert (1997).

Caribbean records. Puerto Rico (Fraser 1937), Nevis (Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965), Caribbean coast of Panama (Calder & Kirkendale 2005).

World distribution. Known only from the Caribbean.

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R., 2010, Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 2570 on page 25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197380

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fraser
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Order
Leptothecata
Family
Halopterididae
Genus
Antennella
Species
curvitheca
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Antennella curvitheca Fraser, 1937 sec. Galea, 2010

References

  • Fraser, C. M. (1937) New species of hydroids from the Puerto Rican region. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91 (28), 1 - 7.
  • Fraser, C. M. (1944) Hydroids of the Atlantic coast of North America. The University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 451 pp.
  • Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen, G. C. H. (1965) Hydroids of the Caribbean: Sertulariidae, Plumulariidae and Aglaopheniidae. Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands, 84, 1 - 87.
  • Schuchert, P. (1997) Review of the family Halopterididae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 309, 1 - 162.
  • Calder, D. R. & Kirkendale, L. (2005) Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from shallow-water environments along the Caribbean coast of Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science, 41 (3): 476 - 491.