Plumularioid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from off New Caledonia collected during KANACONO and KANADEEP expeditions of the French Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos Program Author Galea, Horia R. DE5AC672-0243-46F2-A910-AFF4E91A4C5D Hydrozoan Research Laboratory, 405 Chemin Les Gatiers, 83170 Tourves, France. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e della Terra, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Marine and High Education (MaRHE) Center, 12030 Faafu Magoodhoo, Republic of the Maldives. horia.galea@gmail.com Author Maggioni, Davide 2A321960-E973-4742-B908-4394C0B9AF43 davide.maggioni@unimib.it text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-08-26 708 1 58 journal article 21028 10.5852/ejt.2020.708 0c523d70-0815-45f8-a69d-1698f78a0998 4011061 DDF28821-1A4A-4457-BB53-1696F3BFB7B2 Cladocarpus pennatus Galea, 2020 Cladocarpus pennatus Galea, 2020: 14 , figs 6c–e, 8–9. Material examined PACIFIC OCEAN • several ♂ , ♀ or sterile colonies, 8–12 cm high; off New Caledonia , stn DW4711; 22°47′ S , 167°24′ E ; 335–338 m ; 18 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; barcode identifier MT 655140 ; MNHN-IK-2015-549 • 2 sterile colonies, ca 12 and 14 cm high, respectively; off New Caledonia , stn DW4749; 23°38′ S , 167°44′ E ; 457– 440 m ; 24 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-550 • many colonies and fragments, 4–10 cm high, some sterile, others with ♂ or ♀ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn DW4714; 22°49′ S , 167°25′ E ; 394–443 m ; 18 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; barcode identifier MT655141 ; MNHN-IK-2015-551 • 2 sterile colonies , 7 and 11 cm high; off New Caledonia , stn DW4744; 22°55′ S , 167°37′ E ; 310– 290 m ; 23 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-552 • 4 colonies , ca 11 cm high, of which one is sterile, two bear ♂ and one ♀ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn CP4676; 22°51′ S , 167°30′ E ; 383– 383 m ; 13 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-553 • several colonies, 8–15 cm high, either sterile or with ♂ or ♀ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn DW4743; 22°52′ S , 167°34′ E ; 380– 340 m ; 23 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-554 • 5 colonies , 8–12 cm high, one sterile, one bearing ♀ and three others ♂ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn DW4715; 22°50′ S , 167°27′ E ; 424– 424 m ; 18 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; barcode identifier MT655142 ; MNHN-IK-2015-555 • 1 ca 14 cm high ♀ colony; off New Caledonia , stn CP4787; 22°43′ S , 167°43′ E ; 500–533 m ; 29 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-556 • several colonies 4.5–19 cm high, either sterile or with ♂ or ♀ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn DW4742; 22°53′ S , 167°37′ E ; 290– 345 m ; 23 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-557 • 1 ca 7.5 cm high, sterile colony; off New Caledonia , stn DW4677; 22°53′ S , 167°35′ E ; 390– 376 m ; 13 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-558 • 4 colonies , 6–11 cm high, of which two bear ♂ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn DW4745; 22°57′ S , 167°39′ E ; 310–403 m ; 23 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-559 • 1 ca 12.5 cm high colony with ♀ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn DW4781; 22°57′ S , 167°47′ E ; 295– 255 m ; 29 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-560 • many colonies up to 20 cm high, some bearing ♀ gonothecae; off New Caledonia , stn DW4741; 22°52′ S , 167°41′ E ; 210– 210 m ; 23 Aug. 2016 ; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-561 . Remarks This species was recently described by Galea (2020). Distribution Known only from off New Caledonia (Galea 2020).