On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles
Author
Galea, Horia R.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1878
1
54
journal article
48932
10.5281/zenodo.184149
086e0d63-8af0-4ad1-8884-03fa56b5ea98
1175-5326
184149
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Millardiana longitentaculata
Wedler & Larson, 1986
(fig. 2C)
Millardiana longitentaculata
Wedler & Larson, 1986
: 90
, figs. 7Ba–b, pl. 1 fig. 8.—
Calder, 1988b
: 13
, figs 9–10.
Material examined
.
Stn. 1
:
21.03.2008
—a small colony, composed of 4 gastro- and 3 gonozooids, on
Thalassia testudinum
.
Type
locality
. La Parguera,
Puerto Rico
.
Remarks
. The present material is too scarce to allow a detailed redescription of this species.
Millardiana longitentaculata
is easily recognizable due to the deep red color of living polyps, the prominent hypostome, and the long, filiform tentacles arranged in 2–3 closely-set whorls. The 4 gastrozooids in my material have 17, 18, 20, and 23 tentacles, respectively. The 3 gonozooids are provided with 1, 2, and 4 tentacles, respectively; no gonophores were developed on these polyps. The nematocysts were not examined.
Millardiana longitentaculata
has been previously found living on algae (
Wedler & Larson 1986
) and on shells of
Cerithium litteratum
(
Calder 1988b
)
; the present material was found on leaves of
Thalassia testudinum
.
Distribution
.
Puerto Rico
(
Wedler & Larson 1986
),
Bermuda
(
Calder 1988b
),
Guadeloupe
(present study).