A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (Class Hydrozoa, Order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species
Author
P. R. Pugh
text
Zootaxa
2009
2147
1
48
journal article
1175-5326
Sphaeronectes bougisi
Carré, 1968
(See
Figure 16
)
Sphaeronectes bougisi
Carré, 1968a, p. 446
, figs. 1–2; 1968b, p. 89, Pl. 1, fig. 7; Gili, 1986, p. 278, figs.
4.50e
; 4.65l: Bouillon et al 2004, p. 229, fig. 141D,E.
Distribution:
As noted above, because of the peculiar arrangement of the radial canals on the nectosac that resemble closely that found in
Lilyopsis
species
, there is some doubt as to the validity of this species; although the few buds on the siphosomal stem appear to have a greater affinity with
Sphaeronectes
species.
S. bougisi
was described by Carré (1968a) from
six specimens
collected in non-closing nets fished at depths of 50 (
4 specimens
) and
100 m
(
2 specimens
) in the entrance to the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Western Mediterranean). Gili (1986) appears to be the only other person to record this species from
two specimens
caught in the
50-200 m
depth zone off Barcelona.