Notes on a small collection of thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Tristan da Cunha, south Atlantic
Author
Galea, Horia R.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2336
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205235
58869148-c1e6-483c-9a76-0f1976cdeda9
1175-5326
205235
Obelia geniculata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(
fig. 5
H)
Sertularia geniculata
Linnaeus, 1758: 812
.
Obelia geniculata
– Cornelius, 1975: 272,
figs 1
,
5
. – Cornelius, 1995b: 301, fig. 70.
Material examined. Stn. T14
,
23.ii.2005
: several sterile, poorly-preserved stems, up to
10 mm
high, on
Macrocystis pyrifera
.
Distribution
. Previously collected by the S.Y.
Scotia
from the fronds of
Macrocystis pyrifera
at Gough Island (Ritchie 1907). This is a near-cosmopolitan species, penetrating high latitudes in the northern hemisphere and into sub-Antarctic waters in the southern hemisphere (Medel & Vervoort 2000).