Koellikerina belgicae Vanhoffen 1910 ...

• Main Author: Peña Cantero, Álvaro L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Bougainvilliidae; Koellikerina; Koellikerina belgicae; Southern Ocean; Medusa; Davis Sea; Posadowsky Bay
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5671792; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5671792

? Koellikerina belgicae (Vanhöffen, 1910) (Figs 1 B, 2C–D, 3C–E) Perigonimus belgicae Vanhöffen, 1910: 283 –284, fig. 9; Stechow, 1919: 20; Stepanjants, 1972: 58, fig. 3; 1979: 12, pl. 1 fig. 4. ‘ Perigonimus belgicae ’— Peña Cantero, 2004: 768. Perigonimus sp. Hartlaub, 1904: 8, pl. 1 fig. 1. Material examined. Gauss Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903: Syntype (ZMBCni 15702*), 1.III.1903, off Posadowsky Bay (Davis Sea), 2450 m, a few stems, up to 6 mm high, with gonophores, on bryozoans. Description. Tortuous stems, up to 6 mm high, irregularly branched, with up to 11 polyps (Fig. 1 B). Stems covered almost completely with perisarc (only tips of tentacles visible) and forming distinct pseudohydrothecae, c. 280 µm in maximum diameter (Figs 2 C, 3C–D). Perisarc typically felted; however, felt lost in most of the stems, being only present at their distal parts and on pseudohydrothecae (Fig. 1 B). Some medusa buds (c. 210 µm in diameter) present (Figs 2 D, 3E), although in early development stage. Remarks. ... : Published as part of Peña Cantero, Álvaro L., 2015, Review of some little-known benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Southern Ocean, pp. 369-392 in Zootaxa 3972 (3) on pages 376-377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/236731 ...