Crypta huntsmani Fraser, 1911

Calder, Dale R. & Choong, Henry H. C., 2018, Names of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) established by Charles McLean Fraser (1872 - 1946), excluding those from Allan Hancock Expeditions, Zootaxa 4487 (1), pp. 1-83 : 13-14

Crypta huntsmani Fraser, 1911

Crypta huntsmani Fraser, 1911: 19 , pl. 1, figs. 1–5.

Endocrypta huntsmani .— Fraser, 1912a: 216.

Bythotiara huntsmani .—Brinckmann-Voss, 1979: 1226, figs. 1–6.

Type material. None known to exist.

Type locality. Canada, British Columbia: Departure Bay, Nanaimo ( Fraser 1911).

Current status. Valid, as Bythotiara huntsmani ( Fraser, 1911) .

Remarks. Only non-type material of Crypta huntsmani exists in the Fraser Hydroid Collection at the RBCM (BCPM 976-00166-001: Departure Bay, 0 4 April 1933, trawl, from transparent tunicate; BCPM 976-00166-002: Departure Bay, 0 4 April 1933; BCPM 976-00166-003: Departure Bay, 0 4 April 1933) (Arai 1977).

Fraser (1911) found hydranths with medusa buds, but no free medusae were observed by him. Brinckmann- Voss (1979) raised medusae from hydroids identified as Endocrypta huntsmani , and referred them to the genus Bythotiara Günther, 1903 , as B. huntsmani . That binomen is currently recognized as valid (Arai & Brinckmann- Voss 1980; Cairns et al. 2002; WoRMS).

The specific name honours Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman (1883–1973), a noted Canadian marine biologist who first discovered the hydroid stage of this species in stomodea of ascidians and brought it to the attention of Fraser.