Campanularia hincksii Alder, 1856

Campanularia hincksii Alder, 1856: 360–361, pl. 13 fig. 9.

Campanularia hincksii – Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 233–235, fig. 66. — Cornelius 1995: 229–231, fig. 52.

Material examined

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 9 colonies, 0.5–17 mm high (2 growing on antipatharians, 1 on sponge, 1 on Sertularella arbuscula, 1 on Sertularella striata, 1 on Turritopsis sp.), all 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-2015-40003, SEAFO-2015-40093, SEAFO-2015-40123, SEAFO-2015-40153, SEAFO-2015-40213, SEAFO-2015-40243, SEAFO-2015-40273, SEAFO-2015- 40444, SEAFO-2015-40972 • 5 colonies, 8–12 mm high (2 with gonothecae); stn Dive 3; 71–935 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40132, SEAFO-2015-40257, SEAFO-2015-40678 • 2 colonies, without gonothecae (1 growing on Amphisbetia distans); Vema Seamount, stn Dive 4; 91– 95 m depth; 1 Feb. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40131, SEAFO-2015-40977 • 1 colony, growing on ghost fishing net, without 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-2015-40850.

Distribution

Campanularia hincksii is a circumglobal species, recorded in the eastern Atlantic from Iceland to South Africa (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002). Its bathymetric distribution extends from the tidal level to a depth of 1200 m (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002; Leloup 1940).