Sertularella oblonga Horia R. Galea & Dirk Schories & Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Horia R. Galea, Dirk Schories, Verena Häussermann, Günter Försterra
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Sertulariidae; Sertularella; Sertularella oblonga; Desolación; Isla Desolación; Magallanes; Antártica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6029751; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6029751

Sertularella oblonga Galea, Häussermann & Försterra, sp. nov. Fig. 14 M-P Holotype material: MHNG-INVE-97916; Chile, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Isla Desolación, Cabo Pilar, -52.71578° -74.68245°, 10 m, coll. HSFS, HF26, lot #221; 21.09.2015; female colony composed of multiple, highly ramified stems, up to 2.8 cm high. Diagnosis: Colonies with indistinct stems, divided subdichotomously several times. Internodes moderatelylong, slender, geniculate. Hydrothecae adnate for 2/5th, almost tubular, tapering towards aperture, indistinctly swollen adaxially, abaxial cusp produced, two lateroadaxial, internal, submarginal cusps. Gonotheca elongated-ovoid, transversely wrinkled, aperture distal, surrounded by 4 pointed cusps. Etymology: From the Latin oblongus, -a, -um, meaning elongated, making reference to the distinctive shape of its hydrothecae. Description: Colony bushy, composed of a bunch of stems, up to 2.8 cm high, arising from creeping stolon. Basal part of stems of varied length, ... : Published as part of Horia R. Galea, Dirk Schories, Verena Häussermann & Günter Försterra, 2017, Taxonomic revision of the genus Sertularella (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from southern South America and the subantarctic, with descriptions of five new species, pp. 255-321 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (2) on page 294, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.893519 ...