Plumularia setacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sertularia setacea Linnaeus, 1758: 813 .

Plumularia setacea – Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 191–193, fig. 47f–i. — Ansín Agís et al. 2001: 238–245, fig. 91.

Material examined

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 1 colony, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount, stn PT4; 31°39′43″–31°38′10″ S, 8°22′37″–8°23′42″ E; 50–108 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40924 • 2 colonies (1 with gonothecae); Vema Seamount, stn Dive 4; 91–95 m depth; 1 Feb. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40050, SEAFO-2015-40131.

Distribution

Circumglobal, with a bathymetric range of 0 to 1517 m (Ansín Agís et al. 2001; Gil 2017). In the Southeast Atlantic, it was reported from Angola (Broch 1914; Bouillon et al. 1995), Namibia (Broch 1914; Gili et al. 1989), Vema Seamount (Millard 1966) and South Africa (Millard 1975).