Names of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) established by Charles McLean Fraser (1872 - 1946), excluding those from Allan Hancock Expeditions
Author
Calder, Dale R.
Author
Choong, Henry H. C.
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Coryne corrugata
Fraser, 1925
Coryne corrugata
Fraser, 1925
: 167
, fig. 1.
Coryne corrigata
.—
Berrill, 1953
: 297
, figs. 12B, C [incorrect subsequent spelling].
Syntypes
.
CAS-IZ 21798.00:
USA
,
California
,
San Diego County
,
San Diego
, near jetty, 0
3 May 1902
; 10% formalin.
BCPM 976-00128-001:
USA
,
California
, San Diego, near jetty, 0
3 May 1902
, labelled "co-type"; 60% IPA.
Lectotype
, by present designation.
CAS-IZ 2 27311:
USA
,
California
,
San Diego County
,
San Diego
, near jetty, 0
3 May 1902
, fragment of a colony, ca.
3.5 cm
high, in good condition, without gonophores; 10% formalin.
Paralectotypes
.
CAS-IZ 21798.00:
USA
,
California
,
San Diego County
,
San Diego
, near jetty, 0
3 May 1902
, several colony fragments, in good condition, without gonophores; 10% formalin.
BCPM 976-00128-001:
USA
,
California
, San Diego, near jetty, 0
3 May 1902
, several colony fragments, up to ca.
3 cm
high, in fair condition, without gonophores, labelled "co-type"; 60% IPA.
Type
locality.
USA
,
California
:
San Diego
, near a jetty (
Fraser 1925
).
Current status.
Species inquirenda
.
Remarks.
In describing
Coryne corrugata
,
Fraser (1925)
did not designate name-bearing
types
of the species. Specimens considered parts of the
type
series exist at CAS (CAS-IZ 21 798.00) and in the Fraser Hydroid Collection at the RBCM (BCPM 976-00128-001). The CAS material is in good condition, and the best specimen available from this
syntype
series is designated here as the
lectotype
(CAS-IZ 227311). The material at the RBCM may have been dry sometime in the past (
Schuchert 2001b
), but is in fair condition, with some of the hydranths still being reasonably well preserved; the fragments constitute
paralectotypes
.
Fraser (1925)
described
C. corrugata
on the basis of infertile material. For that reason,
Schuchert (2001b)
included it in a group of “problematic or indeterminable species.” Nevertheless, he maintained that material identified as
Coryne corrigata
(sic) by
Berrill (1953: figs. 12B, C)
was likely identified correctly. Berrill provided no information about the source of his hydroid other than referring to it as “…
Coryne corrigata
Fraser
of the Pacific coast….”.
Coryne corrugata
is a species needing further study.