Cryptolarella abyssicola ...

• Main Authors: Peña Cantero, Álvaro L., Horton, Tammy
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Lafoeidae; Cryptolarella; Cryptolarella abyssicola; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248573; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5248573

Cryptolarella abyssicola (Allman, 1888) (Fig. 3C–E) Cryptolarella abyssicola — Marques et al., 2005: 711 –719, fig. 1 (synonymy) Material examined. 51416#1, one stem fragment c. 14 mm long, no gonothecae; 52602#13, four stem fragments up to 23 mm long, with gonothecae; 52701#6, three stems up to 70 mm high, with gonothecae; 52701#48, a few fragments up to 33 mm long, no gonothecae. Description. Polysiphonic stems, up to 70 mm high. Hydrorhiza rhizoidal, quite robust, formed by a few, basally polysiphonic stolons. Hydrothecae arising in an indefinite pattern. Hydrotheca (Fig. 3C–D) tubular, diameter roughly constant throughout its length. Hydrotheca bent outwards at distal part. Free portion of hydrotheca highly variable. Hydrothecal aperture circular, rim even, frequently with many renovations. Gonothecae solitary, resting on stem and branches. Gonotheca elongate, with large, circular, distal aperture (Fig. 3E). Gonothecal wall with fine transversal striation (Fig. 3E). Only one category of microbasic ... : Published as part of Peña Cantero, Álvaro L. & Horton, Tammy, 2017, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from bathyal and abyssal depths of the Northeast Atlantic held in the modern Discovery Collections, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 4347 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044772 ...