Stegolaria geniculata

• Main Authors: Gil, Marta, Ramil, Fran
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Tiarannidae; Stegolaria; Stegolaria geniculata; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5088922; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB6F5251FFB9FF90ED1EFEAD32ECFBEB

Stegolaria geniculata (Allman, 1888) Cryptolaria geniculata Allman, 1888: 41, pl. 20 figs 1, 1a–b. Stegolaria geniculata – Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 32–34, fig. 4c–e. — Watson & Vervoort 2001: 154, fig. 2a–d. Material examined SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 1 colony, 10 mm high, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount, stn Dive 3; 71–935 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40648 • 54 colonies, 15–62 mm high (2 colonies growing on bivalves, 2 on ghost fishing net and 2 on ropes), 21 colonies, with gonothecae; Valdivia Seamount, stn BT12; 24°49′01″–24°47′38″ S, 6°24′40″–6°25′26″ E; 887– 886 m depth; 7 Feb. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40220, SEAFO-2015-40342, SEAFO-2015-40462, SEAFO-2015-40582, SEAFO-2015-40707, SEAFO-2015-40792, SEAFO-2015-40811, SEAFO-2015- 40822, SEAFO-2015-40850, SEAFO-2015-40852. Distribution A circumglobal species (Ramil & Vervoort 1992), widely distributed in deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean (Vervoort 2006). Its bathymetric distribution extends between 300 and 1727 m (Stepanjants 2012; Gil 2017). Published as part of Gil, Marta & Ramil, Fran, 2021, Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Vema and Valdivia seamounts (SE Atlantic), pp. 49-96 in European Journal of Taxonomy 758 on page 60, DOI:10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1425, http://zenodo.org/record/5088125