Hydractinia dendritica Hickson & Gravely 1907 ...

• Main Author: Peña Cantero, Álvaro L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Hydractiniidae; Hydractinia; Hydractinia dendritica; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Ross Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5671798; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5671798

Hydractinia dendritica Hickson & Gravely, 1907 (Figs 7 I–N, 8) Hydractinia dendritica Hickson & Gravely, 1907: 9, pl. 2 figs 7–10; Kramp, 1932: 11 M; Stechow, 1962: 417; Bouillon et al., 2006: 150; Stampar et al., 2006: 58 Hydronema dendritica — Stechow, 1921: 252; 1923: 67, fig. F. Halorhiza dendritica — Stechow, 1962: 417. Material examined. Discovery Antarctic Expedition 1901-04: Holotype [NHM 1907.8.20.5 (part)], W.Q. (Ross Sea), 21.III.1902, 10 fms, one long colony fragment, c. 85 mm long and c. 6 mm in maximum diameter, plus another erect colony fragment, c. 30 mm high, with gonophores; Paratype [NHM 1907.8.20.6], Locality unrecorded (label lost), several stem fragments, up to 28 mm long, with gonophores. Description (Holotype). A long colony fragment, c. 85 mm long and c. 6 mm in diameter (Fig. 8 A), and an erect colony fragment, c. 30 mm high (Fig. 8 B). Both irregularly branched, particularly the second one. Colonies with high density of polyps and gonozooids. With perisarc ridges throughout ... : 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 383-384, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/236731 ...