Bimeria vestita Wright 1859

• Main Author: Galea, Horia R.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Bougainvilliidae; Bimeria; Bimeria vestita; Arctic; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5098579; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098579

Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859 (Fig. 5A–B) Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859: 109, pl. 8 fig. 4; Hincks, 1868: 103, pl. 15 fig. 2; Hartlaub, 1905: 535, fig. P; Millard, 1975: 95, fig. 32C–H; Calder, 1988: 21, figs 17–18; Hirohito, 1988: 94, figs 33D–F, 34A; Ramil & Vervoort, 1992: 14; Calder, 1993: 66; Migotto, 1996: 9, fig. 2A–B; Parapar & Ramil, 1996: 21; Genzano & Zamponi, 1999: 63, figs 4–5; Marques et al., 2000: 322, figs 1–3; Genzano, 2002: 89, fig. 10B; Bouillon et al., 2004: 42, fig. 25A–C; Calder & Kirkendale, 2005: 479; Vervoort, 2006: 196, fig. 5. Bimeria corynopsis: Stepanjants, 1979: 12, pl. 1 fig. 5. Material examined. Stn. CVI — 06.iii.2006, S143 (15 m): one colony with numerous female gonophores; hydranths poorly preserved, epizoic on Sertularella fuegonensis (MHNG INVE 53445); S142 (15–25 m): one sterile colony, epizoic on Sertularella fuegonensis (MHNG INVE 53438). Type locality. Firth of Forth, Scotland. Remarks. The present material is in good agreement with the available descriptions of this species (Calder 1988, Migotto 1996, Schuchert 2007). An extensive synonymy is also available in Calder (1988). World distribution. Worldwide, with exception of Arctic and Antarctic waters (Vervoort, 2006). Records from Chile. Previously reported from Calbuco by Hartlaub (1905). The present material was found at only one station, Canal Vicuña, extending its distribution southward to 52° S. Published as part of Galea, Horia R., 2007, Hydroids and hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile, pp. 1-116 in Zootaxa 1597 (1) on page 17, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.1650.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5097970