The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide Author Gravili, Cinzia Author Vito, Doris De Author Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di Author Martell, Luis Author Piraino, Stefano Author Boero, Ferdinando text Zootaxa 2015 3908 1 1 187 journal article 42365 10.11646/zootaxa.3908.1.1 6f1d1977-6b97-4789-828c-76ed250cf1ae 1175-5326 242729 D6AD2B49-170B-4D9C-84AA-DBE0FEEAD8BE Coryne pintneri Schneider, 1898 Fig. 35 A, B See Schuchert (2001b) for a complete synonymy. Material examined. HCUS-S 0 40 (Hydrozoa Collection, University of Salento—fauna of the Salento Peninsula). Description (based on our own observations; Brinckmann-Voss 1970 ; Schuchert 2001b , 2010, 2012): Hydroid. Hydrorhiza stolonal; colonies mostly stolonal, occasionally sparingly branched with 2 hydranths, rarely with up to 5 side branches, up to 2 cm in height; perisarc not thick, feebly annulated to smooth, frequently 2–3 annulations separated by smooth intervals; hydranths with 15–21 capitate tentacles either scattered or in 4–5 whorls, below them a whorl of 2–6 short filiform tentacles, which are often absent, but always present in regenerating hydranths. Gonophores as fixed sporosacs spherical, borne in 2 whorls in upper axil of tentacles in middle of hydranth body, without radial or circular canals, females with numerous eggs. Colours: colourless to reddish-rose. Cnidome. Stenoteles of two size classes. Habitat type . Shaded places in caves and also on rocks (depth range: 0–40 m ) ( Brinckmann-Voss 1970 ; Boero & Fresi 1986 ; Schuchert 2001b ). Substrate. On several substrates and organisms such as Peyssonnelia sp., Balanus shells, leaves and roots of Posidonia beds, Myriapora truncata . Seasonality. March–May ( Brinckmann-Voss 1970 ) in the Tyrrhenian Sea; November ( Boero & Fresi 1986 ) in the Ligurian Sea; from February to March, and October in Salento waters (Gravili 2006; Gravili et al. 2008a ). Reproductive period. In the Tyrrhenian Sea, fertile colonies occur from March to May ( Brinckmann-Voss 1970 ). Distribution. Mediterranean ( Gravili et al. 2008a ), coasts of Brittany ( France ), and Scotland (see Schuchert 2001b ). Records in Salento. Rare at Otranto (Gravili 2006; Gravili et al. 2008a ). Remarks. The filiform tentacles are usually missing in colonies from agitated waters ( Brinckmann-Voss 1970 ; Edwards & Harvey 1983 ). The Mediterranean records of this species are also discussed in the remarks on Coryne pusilla (for more details see Schuchert 2005a , 2010). References. Schneider (1898) , Motz-Kossowska (1905) , Stechow (1923) , Brinckmann-Voss (1970) , Boero (1981a , b ), Boero et al. (1985), Boero & Fresi (1986) , Piraino et al. (1999) , Schuchert (2001b , 2010, 2012), Bouillon et al. (2004), Gravili (2006), Gravili et al. (2008a) .