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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Eudendrium rugosum
Fraser, 1940a
Eudendrium rugosum
Fraser, 1940a
: 575
, pl. 32, fig. 1.
Holotype
.
USNM 43433
:
North Atlantic Ocean
,
Flemish Cap, R
/
V
Albatross
Sta.
2693,
46°53’N
,
44°39’30”W
,
11 August 1886
, large beam trawl,
143 m
, two larger and a few smaller fragments of a colony, with hydrocauli up to
1.3 cm
high, without hydranths but with a few male gonophores, labelled “
type
”; ethanol.
Paratype
.
BCPM
976-00250-001: North Atlantic Ocean,
46°53’N
,
44°39’30”W
,
11 August
1886
, 139 m, several colony fragments, up to
5 mm
high, in very poor condition, gonophores not seen, labelled "co-type"; 60%
IPA
.
Type
locality.
International
waters:
North Atlantic Ocean
,
Flemish Cap
,
46°53’N
,
44°39’30”W
(
Fraser 1940a
).
Current status.
Valid.
Remarks.
Fraser (1940a)
designated USNM 43433 as the “
type
” of
Eudendrium rugosum
. That name-bearing
type
material is recorded, correctly, as a
holotype
in the NMNH online database. Other specimens at the RBCM (BCPM 976-00250-001), labelled “co-type”, constitute
paratype
material.
The hydroid of
Eudendrium rugosum
is small (ca.
15 mm
high) and poorly characterized.
Fraser (1940a)
did not describe or illustrate its hydranths, and only male gonophores were present in his material. Examination of the
holotype
confirm this account. The cnidome has yet to be described. It is listed as valid in
Cairns
et al
. (2002)
and WoRMS, but discovery and examination of new material, particularly from the general
type
locality, is needed to better define and distinguish the species.