Some Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Great Australian Bight in the collection of the South Australian Museum
Author
Watson, Jeanette E.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-16
4410
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.1
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Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus
(
Kirchenpauer, 1884
)
Figure 6G–H
Sertularella subdichotoma
Kirchenpauer, 1884
: 46
, pl. 16, figs 1, 1b.—
Jäderholm, 1926
: 6
.—
Totton, 1930
: 188
.
Sertularella divaricata
Bale, 1914a
: 20
, pl.2, figs 1–9.
Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus
. —
Stechow, 1922
: 149
.—
Ralph, 1961
: 813
, fig 20a, b.—
Ralph, 1966
: 159
.—
Watson, 1973
: 175
.—
Gravier-Bonnet, 1979
: 52
.—
Staples & Watson, 1987
: 18
.—
Vervoort, 1993
: 241
.—
Watson, 1994
: 67
.—
Bouillon
et al
., 1995
: 74
.—
Vervoort & Watson 2003
: 233
, figs 55 F–H, 56 A–F.—
Bouillon
et al,
2006
: 393
.
Material examined.
SAM
H2344, preserved colony; one microslide (
SAM
H2586).
PIRSA
Stn
IBMP
5c.
Remarks.
Fertile male colony, branched, to
15 mm
high; conforms to previous descriptions of
Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus
.
Bale (1914a)
figured male and female gonothecae (as
Sertularella divaricata
) from several localities in the Great Australian Bight.
S. subdichotomus
is a common southern Australian species favouring habitats in strong tidal currents (Watson, pers.obs.).
Distribution.
Southern
Australia
,
Tasman
Sea,
New
Zealand
.