Systematic affinities of Zygophylacidae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Macrocolonia) with descriptions of 15 deep-sea species
Author
Gu, Zhangjie
Author
Ruthensteiner, Bernhard
Author
Moura, Carlos J.
Author
Liu, Lihua
Author
Zhang, Rui
Author
Song, Xikun
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
Zool. J. Linn. Soc.
2022-06-17
196
52
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http://zoobank.org/22984f44-21e0-43ab-9d46-547c8306448a
journal article
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10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac036
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0024-4082
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22984F44-21E0-43AB-9D46-547C8306448A
ZYGOPHYLAX ABYSSICOLA
(
STECHOW, 1926
)
(
FIGS 3
,
4
,
5A–F
)
Lictorella abyssicola
Stechow, 1926: 99
;
Ruthensteiner
et al.
, 2008: 19
.
Zygophylax abyssicola:
Rees & Vervoort, 1987: 76
;
Galea & Schuchert, 2019: 59
.
?
Zygophylax bifurcata
Billard, 1942: 34–35
, figs 1–3.
Type locality:
Somalia
, near Mogadishu, north-west Indian Ocean;
1644 m
.
Specimens examined:
Eight
syntypes
from the Indian Ocean, four of them with gonothecae; see details in Supporting Information,
Table S1
.
Lectotype
designation:
Lectotype
, a fertile, formalinfixed then ethanol-preserved colony,
ZSM 20040197
(
Fig. 3A
, arrow);
paralectotypes
, the remaining colonies from sample
ZSM 20040197
(
Fig. 3A
, the left colony, G),
ZSM 20040726
(
Fig. 3A
, the right colony, D), formalinfixed then ethanol stored,
ZSM 20043537–20043542
(
Figs 3B, C, E, F, H, I
,
5A–F
), microslides
.