New additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile
Author
Galea, Horia R.
Author
Häussermann, Verena
Author
Försterra, Günter
text
Zootaxa
2009
2019
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186052
533efb7f-1ef8-4c7a-bed2-a00b9087709d
1175-5326
186052
Clytia gracilis
(
M. Sars, 1850
)
(fig. 5F)
Laomedea gracilis
M. Sars, 1850
: 138
.
(?)
Gonothyraea gracilis
–
Hartlaub, 1905
: 583, figs F2–J2.
Clytia gracilis
–
Calder, 1991
: 54
, fig. 31. –
Cornelius, 1995
: 246
, fig. 56. –
Medel & Vervoort, 2000
: 32
. –
Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 2002
: 145
, fig. 28A–B.
Material examined
.
Stn. 8
–
23.02.2008
, 26 m, A580 (
MHNG
INVE
62823): a colony composed of several hydrothecae, but no gonothecae, epizoic on
Symplectoscyphus milneanus
(d’Orbigny, 1846)
.
Type
locality
. Lofoten Islands,
Norway
.
Remarks
. For a description of this well-known species, I refer to
Cornelius (1995)
. Its synonymy has been extensively discussed by
Calder (1991)
.
World distribution
. Circumglobal, penetrating in subpolar seas (
Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002
). For a detailed list of world records, see
Medel & Vervoort (2000)
.
Records from
Chile
. Juan Fernández, Calbuco, Navarino
Island
(
Hartlaub 1905
), South of Chiloé
Island
(present study).