Obelia bidentata Clark 1875

Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (fig. 5G) Material examined . Stn. 8 – 23.02.2008, 26 m, A565: several stems, ca . 5 mm high, epizoic on Symplectoscyphus milneanus (d’Orbigny, 1846); A566: a small, sterile colony, epizoic on Synthecium robustum Nutting, 1904; A580 (MHNG INVE 62830): a few sterile stems...

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Main Authors: Galea, Horia R., Häussermann, Verena, Försterra, Günter
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Published: Zenodo 2009
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6212466
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Summary:Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (fig. 5G) Material examined . Stn. 8 – 23.02.2008, 26 m, A565: several stems, ca . 5 mm high, epizoic on Symplectoscyphus milneanus (d’Orbigny, 1846); A566: a small, sterile colony, epizoic on Synthecium robustum Nutting, 1904; A580 (MHNG INVE 62830): a few sterile stems, epizoic on S. milneanus . Type locality . Long Island, Atlantic coast of the United States of America. Remarks . For a description of this well-known species, I refer to Cornelius (1995). World distribution . Likely cosmopolitan. For a detailed list of world records, see Medel & Vervoort (2000). Peña Cantero (2008) gave its distribution in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. Records from Chile . Gente Grande and Paso Ancho, Strait of Magellan (Orejas, unpublished results, see Pagès & Orejas 1999), South of Chiloé Island (present study). Published as part of Galea, Horia R., Häussermann, Verena & Försterra, Günter, 2009, New additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2019 on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186052