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
Halecium tenellum
Hincks, 1861
(fig. 3M–O)
Halecium tenellum
Hincks, 1861
: 252
, pl. 6 figs 1–4.―
Schuchert, 2001
: 84
, fig. 70.
Material examined
.
Stn.9
:
21.11.2009
, 21 m—numerous sterile stems,
4–5 mm
high, epizoic on
Sertularella diaphana
(
Allman, 1885
)
, morphotype 1.
Stn.10
: 0
2.12.2009
, 15–20 m—several sterile colonies,
3–4 mm
high, on
Thyroscyphus marginatus
(
Allman, 1877
)
.
Stn.11
:
30.11.2009
, 15–18 m—numerous sterile stems, to
8 mm
high, on
Sertularella diaphana
(
Allman, 1885
)
morphotype 1.
Caribbean records
. See
Calder & Kirkendale (2005)
.
World distribution
. Cosmopolitan (
Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002
).