On some tropical hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), with descriptions of four new species
Author
Galea, Horia R.
Hydrozoan Research Laboratory, 405 Chemin Les Gatiers, 83170 Tourves, France.
Author
Maggioni, Davide
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milano, Italy. & Marine Research and Higher Education (MaRHE) Center, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 12030 Faafu Magoodhoo, Maldives.
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-03-20
5428
1
1
57
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5428.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5428.1.1
1175-5326
10842930
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Anthoathecata
: Aplanulata:
Tubulariidae
Ectopleura viridis
(
Pictet, 1893
)
is sister to all other
Ectopleura
species included in the analyses, but the nodal support of the genus based on 16S rRNA data is low (
Fig. 24A
).
Of note, sequences obtained from specimens of
E. dumortierii
(
Van Beneden, 1844
)
from
Chile
(
Galea 2007: 31
) and
France
(Atlantic Ocean) are here demonstrated to belong to different species, not forming a monophyletic clade and showing a high genetic distance of 12.7% between them.