Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles
Author
Galea, Horia R.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2570
1
40
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.197380
623f5942-0074-4d90-b034-a0b102d5a3e6
1175-5326
197380
Diphasia tropica
Nutting, 1904
(fig. 4J, K)
Diphasia tropica
Nutting, 1904
: 110
, pl. 30 fig. 1.―
Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen, 1965
: 17
, figs 1–5.
Material examined
.
Stn.13
: 0
3.12.2009
, 10–15 m—two small (
1–2 mm
high) sterile stems, on basal part of caulus of
Thyroscyphus ramosus
Allman, 1877
.
Stn.15
:
02.12.2009
—a single colony with stems to
4 mm
high, some bearing gonothecae, on red algae caught by fishing nets presumably off Port-Louis, depth unknown.
Remarks
. For synonymy and description, see
Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen (1965)
.
Caribbean records
. See
Calder & Kirkendale (2005)
.
World distribution
.
Bahamas
(
Nutting 1904
),
Brazil
(
Vannucci 1949
, as
Diphasiella ornata
;
Migotto 1996
),
Ghana
(
Buchanan 1957
).