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, pl. 2 figs 710;
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M;
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Bouillon
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., 2006
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Stampar
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: 252
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; 1923: 67, fig. F.
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, 10 fms, one long colony fragment, c.
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A), and an erect colony fragment, c.
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high (
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B). Both irregularly branched, particularly the second one. Colonies with high density of polyps and gonozooids. With perisarc ridges throughout (
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D), sometimes forming a sort of spine.
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Gastrozooids relatively large (c. 1700 µm high and c. 450 µm in maximum diameter), with cone-shaped hypostome and a distal crown of nine to ten filiform tentacles (
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Figs
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I, 8C, F). Some gastrozooids with extremely wide, flattened hypostome (
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F). There are also evaginated gastrozooids.
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Gonozooids (
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K, L, 8E, F) much smaller than gastrozooids (c. 570 µm high and c. 220 µm in maximum diameter with gonophores; c. 340 µm and 125 µm, respectively, without gonophores). Much varied in development, from barely developed (with none, one, two or three tentacles) (
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K) to well-developed polyps with up to eight tentacles (
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L). Incipient gonozooids apparently without mouth. Gonozooids with four to six gonophores (150180 µm in diameter) situated at their base, resting on substratum, but attached to gonozooid (
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L, 8E, F).
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Dactylozooids (
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N, 8E) present in both fragments (at least three observed).
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Measurements (in µm).
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:
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I [range 8.59.0 x 3.03.5, mean 8.9±0.2 x 3.2±0.2 (n=10); ratio, range 2.63.0, mean 2.8±0.2 (n=10)],
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II [range 9.011.0 x 3.04.5, mean 9.8±0.7 x 3.9±0.5 (n=10); ratio, range 2.1 3.0, mean 2.5±0.2 (n=10)], desmonemes [range 5.06.0 x 3.5, mean 5.6±0.3 x 3.5±0.0 (n=10); ratio, range 1.41.7, mean 1.6±0.1 (n=10)].
<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF94B44511A65BEBFD9039E3" box="[417,577,1749,1774]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="383">Dactylozooids</emphasis>
:
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II, extremely abundant, apparently without shaft [range 10.011.0 x 3.54.5, mean 10.6±0.4 x 4.1±0.4 (n=10); ratio, range 2.33.1, mean 2.6±0.2 (n=10)].
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF94B44510C05A23FE80383B" bold="true" box="[199,337,1821,1846]" pageId="14" pageNumber="383">Description</emphasis>
(
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). Several irregularly branched stem fragments (
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G, H), up to
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long, with tree-shaped appearance. Stems formed by longitudinal tubes of perisarc.
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Gastrozooids large (c. 1150 µm high and c. 350 µm in maximum diameter), with nine to ten tentacles and cone-shaped hypostome (
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J, 8H). Polyps with a very wide flattened hypostome also present (
<figureCitation id="2D822A19FF94B44515005AB7FA9D38AF" box="[1287,1356,1929,1954]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1855,1877]" captionTargetBox="[256,1315,201,1798]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[247,1327,193,1810]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 8. Hydractinia dendritica Hickson &amp; Gravely, 1907 (holotype): A, B, general view of two colony fragments; C, end of one colony fragment showing inner core of sponge spicules; D, part of colony with high density of ridges of perisarc (arrow); E F, detail of colonies showing high density of gastrozooids and gonozooids (arrow indicating dactylozooids). H. dendritica (paratype): G, colony fragment showing gastrozooids and gonozooids with mature gonophores; H, detail of colony fragment showing gastrozooids and gonozooids with immature gonophores (arrow pointing to polyp with flattened hypostome). Scale bar: 10 mm (A B), 1 mm (C H)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/236739/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="383">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
H). No dactylozooids observed.
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Development of gonozooids as in
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(c. 460 µm high and c. 160 µm in maximum diameter with gonophores), with up to six tentacles (
<figureCitation id="2D822A19FF95B44412475DA9FD533FBD" box="[576,642,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1953,1975]" captionTargetBox="[204,1385,203,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[189,1397,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 7. Hydractinia angusta Hartlaub, 1904: A C, gastrozooids; D G, gonozooids with gonophores; H, spine. Hydractinia dendritica Hickson &amp; Gravely, 1907: I, J, gastrozooids; K M, gonozooids (L, M with gonophores); N, dactylozooid (J, M from paratype). Scale bar: 250 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/236738/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
M). Usually, four to five gonophores at base of polyp (
<figureCitation id="2D822A19FF95B44414E65DA9FAF33FBD" box="[1249,1314,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1855,1877]" captionTargetBox="[256,1315,201,1798]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[247,1327,193,1810]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 8. Hydractinia dendritica Hickson &amp; Gravely, 1907 (holotype): A, B, general view of two colony fragments; C, end of one colony fragment showing inner core of sponge spicules; D, part of colony with high density of ridges of perisarc (arrow); E F, detail of colonies showing high density of gastrozooids and gonozooids (arrow indicating dactylozooids). H. dendritica (paratype): G, colony fragment showing gastrozooids and gonozooids with mature gonophores; H, detail of colony fragment showing gastrozooids and gonozooids with immature gonophores (arrow pointing to polyp with flattened hypostome). Scale bar: 10 mm (A B), 1 mm (C H)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/236739/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
H), though the number might be lower when mature (c. 300 µm in diameter) (
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M, 8G).
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Measurements (in µm).
<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44411D05DE1FDED3FF5" box="[471,572,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Cnidome</emphasis>
:
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I (8.5
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x 3);
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II, microbasic mastigophores? [range 10.012.0 x 3.54.5, mean 10.8±0.6 x 4.2±0.3 (n=10); ratio, range 2.23.0, mean 2.6±0.2 (n=10)]; desmonemes (5.5
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x 3.5).
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44410C05C19FEEA3E4D" bold="true" box="[199,315,295,320]" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Remarks.</emphasis>
The two colony fragments examined from the
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clearly correspond with specimen A described by
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; specifically the 85-mm-long fragment to the “encrusting or basal region” and the 30-mm-high fragment to the “upright branching stem”. According to these authors specimen A “consists of a single continuous colony encrusting the stems of a specimen of
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B444137B5CAAFB8C3EA0" box="[892,1117,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Halecium arboreum</emphasis>
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. From this encrusting mass, which possesses all the general features of an ordinary
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, a single upright branching stem arises… There are two regions in this specimen, the encrusting or basal region, and the upright branching stem, the rhizocaulus. The basal part entirely surrounds the polysiphonic stems of
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, only a few pinnules of the supporting hydroid penetrating it and being exposed” (
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). Concerning the upright branching stem, the authors indicated that “The ramification is irregular, the eight or nine terminal branches ending in some cases in a long filamentous process. The surface of these branches is remarkably smooth.”
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In relation with specimen B, “there is no encrusting basal support as in specimen A, and the axes of the branches do not show any foreign hydroid or other kind of core. … The skeleton is composed of a series of parallel intercommunicating chitinous tubes, the superficial tubes being externally incomplete, …” (
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).
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examined
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material of this species, apparently the upright rhizocaulome of Hickson &amp; Gravelys specimen B. He studied sections of the stem and branches and put into evidence the presence of an inner bundle of 1030 or more totally independent, chitinous tubes. He concluded that the inner bundle corresponds to a foreign hydroid on which
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44411BE5EB2FD913CA8" box="[441,576,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Hydractinia</emphasis>
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was growing. Even though
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reiterated that
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had demonstrated that
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44411685E8FFDD83CC5" box="[367,521,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. dendritica</emphasis>
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has no erect hydrocaulus, but simply covers the polysiphonic stems of other hydroids, I do not agree. Apart from the fact that the bundle of tubes actually belong to
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, there are several other clues that point to the formation of erect stems in this species.
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, when comparing specimen A with specimen B, indicated “The fortunate preservation of a small and probably young branching stem of specimen A, with gastrozooids at its proximal end similar to those of the basal parts and at its distal end similar to those of specimen B; with a smooth surface similar to that of specimen B, and
<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44414FA595AFD293BAD" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">ramifying and growing without any axial support as specimen B does</emphasis>
, may be regarded as conclusive evidence that the specimens belong to the same species.” In addition, concerning the upright branching stem of specimen A,
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also indicated that “The ramification is irregular, the eight or nine
<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B444141159F1FDEA3A01" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">terminal branches ending in some cases in a long filamentous process</emphasis>
”. For me, those statements unequivocally indicate that
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44414D759CBFABB3A00" box="[1232,1386,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. dendritica</emphasis>
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has rhizocaulomic growth.
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In my opinion,
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44411725803FDDA3A58" box="[373,523,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. dendritica</emphasis>
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, as also
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B444126A5803FD383A59" box="[621,745,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. angusta</emphasis>
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(see above), is able to grow on a substrate, as typical species of
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44410B35861FEEA3A75" box="[180,315,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Hydractinia</emphasis>
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do, but is also able to produce an erect stem. In the material I examined, there are clear proofs of the encrusting growth. For example, it is perfectly visible that in the 85-mm-long colony fragment of the
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, in addition to growing on
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44411995899FD673ACD" box="[414,694,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Hydrodendron arboreum</emphasis>
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(as Hickson &amp; Gravely indicated), the colony also forms a sort of hollow, thick cylinder of perisarc, filled with sponge spicules (
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C), which indicates that the colony might also have developed growing on a stalked sponge. However, the structure of the 30-mm-high upright branching colony fragment clearly shows a rhizocaulomic growth.
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indicated by
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this part of the colony is “
<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44410B85B06FCD43942" box="[191,773,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">ramifying and growing without any axial support”</emphasis>
and “
<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B444134B5B09FDE23979" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">the eight or nine terminal branches ending in some cases in a long filamentous process”</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44410C05B41FE193995" box="[199,456,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Hydractinia dendritica</emphasis>
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had been considered conspecific with
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B444137B5BBFFC293995" box="[892,1016,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. angusta</emphasis>
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by several authors (e.g.
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;
<bibRefCitation id="D1284B6DFF95B44410905B9AFEF239B1" author="Briggs" box="[151,291,1700,1725]" pageId="15" pageNumber="384" refString="Briggs, E. A. (1938) Hydroida. Scientific Reports Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 - 1914, Series C, 9 (4), 1 - 46, pls 15 - 16." type="journal article" year="1938">Briggs 1938</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="D1284B6DFF95B44411295B9AFDE739B1" author="Galea" box="[302,566,1700,1725]" pageId="15" pageNumber="384" refString="Galea, H. R. &amp; Schories, D. (2012) Some hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from King George Island, Antarctica. Zootaxa, 3321, 1 - 21." type="journal article" year="2012">Galea &amp; Schories 2012</bibRefCitation>
). Nevertheless, after examining the
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material of both species, it seems that they actually correspond to different species. Both gastrozooids and gonozooids are much larger in
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44414F95BF7FA4439ED" box="[1278,1429,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. dendritica</emphasis>
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. They also differ in the position of the tentacle crown, distal in
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B444135F5BD3FC3F3808" box="[856,1006,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. dendritica</emphasis>
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, but medial in
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B444149E5BD3FAC43809" box="[1177,1301,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. angusta</emphasis>
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(cf.
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). Finally, no dactylozooids have been found in the
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material of
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44413A45A2FFBF23825" box="[931,1059,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. angusta</emphasis>
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, whereas they are present in
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44415865A2FFEDB3840" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">H. dendritica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44410C05A69FE27387D" bold="true" box="[199,502,1879,1904]" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Ecology and distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="87CDEA8EFF95B44411FA5A69FD2E387D" box="[509,767,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="384">Hydractinia dendritica</emphasis>
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is only known from McMurdo Bay, in the Ross Sea, where it was collected at a depth of
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(
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).
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