Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago 2590
Author
Calder, Dale R.
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2590.1.1
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Calpasoma dactylopterum
Fuhrmann, 1939
Fig. 49
Calpasoma dactyloptera
Fuhrmann, 1939: 363
, figs. 3–6.–
Matthews, 1966: 256
.
Type
locality.
Switzerland
:
Neuchâtel
, alongside
Craspedacusta sowerbii
in aquaria at the university (
Fuhrmann 1939
)
.
Material examined.
None.
Description.
(After
Jankowski 2001
): “Polyp…0.1–0.4 mm long; transparent to whitish; 8–32 (to 54) tentacles, 68–234 µm long and 8–15 µm wide; each tentacle contains 5–20 non grouped nematocyts (
sic
) (0.14 µm).”
Remarks.
Matthews (1966)
, working in
Hawaii
, reported
Calpasoma dactylopterum
Fuhrmann, 1939
on the aquatic tracheophyte
Elodea canadensis
, purchased from an unstated source. Specimens of this freshwater cnidarian were not represented in collections at the Bishop Museum, and it was not observed during this study.
The cnidome of
Calpasoma dactylopterum
comprises heterotrichous microbasic euryteles, and reproduction occurs by formation of frustules (
Rahat & Campbell 1974
).
There is disageement at present whether this is simply a form of
Craspedacusta sowerbii
Lankester, 1880
.
Reported distribution.
Hawaii
. Oahu: Honolulu, in aquaria
on
Elodea canadensis
(
Matthews 1966
)
.
Worldwide. Holarctic, shallow fresh waters (
Jankowski
et al.
2008
).