Coryne corrugata Fraser, 1925

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 : 20-21

Coryne corrugata Fraser, 1925

Coryne corrugata Fraser, 1925: 167 , fig. 1.

Coryne corrigata .— Berrill, 1953: 297, figs. 12B, C [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Syntypes. CAS-IZ 21798.00: USA, California, San Diego County, San Diego , near jetty, 0 3 May 1902; 10% formalin.

BCPM 976-00128-001: USA, California, San Diego, near jetty, 0 3 May 1902, labelled "co-type"; 60% IPA.

Lectotype, by present designation. CAS-IZ 2 27311: USA, California, San Diego County, San Diego , near jetty, 0 3 May 1902, fragment of a colony, ca. 3.5 cm high, in good condition, without gonophores; 10% formalin.

Paralectotypes. CAS-IZ 21798.00: USA, California, San Diego County, San Diego , near jetty, 0 3 May 1902, several colony fragments, in good condition, without gonophores; 10% formalin.

BCPM 976-00128-001: USA, California, San Diego, near jetty, 0 3 May 1902, several colony fragments, up to ca. 3 cm high, in fair condition, without gonophores, labelled "co-type"; 60% IPA.

Type locality. USA, California: San Diego , near a jetty ( Fraser 1925).

Current status. Species inquirenda.

Remarks. In describing Coryne corrugata, Fraser (1925) did not designate name-bearing types of the species. Specimens considered parts of the type series exist at CAS (CAS-IZ 21 798.00) and in the Fraser Hydroid Collection at the RBCM (BCPM 976-00128-001). The CAS material is in good condition, and the best specimen available from this syntype series is designated here as the lectotype (CAS-IZ 227311). The material at the RBCM may have been dry sometime in the past ( Schuchert 2001b), but is in fair condition, with some of the hydranths still being reasonably well preserved; the fragments constitute paralectotypes.

Fraser (1925) described C. corrugata on the basis of infertile material. For that reason, Schuchert (2001b) included it in a group of “problematic or indeterminable species.” Nevertheless, he maintained that material identified as Coryne corrigata (sic) by Berrill (1953: figs. 12B, C) was likely identified correctly. Berrill provided no information about the source of his hydroid other than referring to it as “… Coryne corrigata Fraser of the Pacific coast….”. Coryne corrugata is a species needing further study.