On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles Author Galea, Horia R. text Zootaxa 2008 1878 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.184149 086e0d63-8af0-4ad1-8884-03fa56b5ea98 1175-5326 184149 Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856 (fig. 2K–L) Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856 : 355 , pl. 12 figs 9–12.—Millard, 1975: 82, fig. 27E–J.— Calder, 1988b : 41 , figs 30– 32.—Hirohito, 1988: 77, figs 24G–H, 25.— Marques et al. , 2000 : 88 , figs 28–34.— Schuchert, 2001a : 27 , fig. 16. Material examined . Stn. 7 : 25.03.2008 —a small, sterile colony composed of several unbranched or sparingly branched stems, up to 4 mm high, on alga. Type locality . Embleton Bay, Northumberland, Great Britain . Remarks . The identification of this small, sterile Eudendrium is based on the presence of a single type of nematocysts (heterotrichous microbasic euryteles) in the hydranth. The dimensions of undischarged capsules, (7.0–8.1) × (3.0–3.4) µm, are very similar to those reported by Calder (1988b) for E. capillare from Bermuda , i.e. (7.1–8.0) × (3.0–3.2) µm. For a recent description of this species, see Calder (1988b) . Additional notes on the structure of gonophores are given by Marques et al . (2000) . Distribution . Reliable records, based on identification of the nematocyst complement, are from Europe, the Mediterranean, Bermuda , South Africa , and Greenland ( Schuchert 2001a ).