Filellum bouvetensis Marques, Peña, Miranda & Migotto, 2011, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Marques, Antonio C., Peña, Álvaro L., Miranda, Thaís P., Migotto, Alvaro E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Lafoeidae; Filellum; Filellum bouvetensis; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Bouvet Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190987; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6190987

Filellum bouvetensis sp. nov. (Figure 2 A–D) Filellum contortum: Peña Cantero and Gili 2006: 766. Non Lafoea contorta Nutting, 1905: 945, pl. 3, fig. 6, pl. 9, figs. 8–9 [= Filellum contortum (Nutting, 1905)]. Type series. Holotype— Filellum contortum (Nutting, 1905) (PS65/028), with coppiniae. Type locality. From the holotype, 54o22.49’– 54o22.54’S; 0 3o17.58’– 03o17.21’E, 122–134m (Peña Cantero & Gili 2006: 765, 766). Material examined. ANTARCTIC OCEAN: Bouvet Island, PS65/28 (25 November 2003, 122– 134m), colonies epibiotic on various hydroids (Antarctoscyphus elongatus, Schizotricha multifurcata, Sertularella sanmatiasensis, Symplectoscyphus sp.); with coppinia. Description. Colonies stolonal, with filiform creeping hydrorhiza. Hydrotheca sessile, arising uprightly and almost completely free from hydrorhiza. When present, abcauline side of adnate part provided with a few striae. Hydrothecal aperture circular and slightly everted, usually with very long rim renovations. Free adcauline hydrothecal part ... : Published as part of Marques, Antonio C., Peña, Álvaro L., Miranda, Thaís P. & Migotto, Alvaro E., 2011, Revision of the genus Filellum Hincks, 1868 (Lafoeidae, Leptothecata, Hydrozoa), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 3129 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206783 ...