Schizoplumularia elegans Ansín Agís et al., 2016

Galea, Horia R. & Maggioni, Davide, 2020, Plumularioid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from off New Caledonia collected during KANACONO and KANADEEP expeditions of the French Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos Program, European Journal of Taxonomy 708, pp. 1-58 : 19

Schizoplumularia elegans Ansín Agís et al., 2016

Figs 9A , 10A

Schizoplumularia elegans Ansín Agís et al., 2016: 67 , figs 6–9.

Material examined

PACIFIC OCEAN • 6 sterile colonies, 10–18 cm high; off New Caledonia, stn DW4703; 22°46′ S, 167°19′ E; 350- 348 m; 17 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; barcode identifier MT655139 ; MNHN-IK-2015-548 • 1 ca 9 cm high, sterile colony; off New Caledonia, stn DW4714; 22°49′ S, 167°25′ E; 394–443 m; 18 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-566 • 1 ca 13 cm high, sterile colony; off New Caledonia, stn CP4657; 22042′ S, 167°14′ E, 270–282 m; 10 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; barcode identifier MT655143 ; MNHN-IK-2015-567 • 2 sterile colonies, 5.5 and 10 cm high, respectively; off New Caledonia, stn DW4949; 24°07′ S, 159°41′ E; 280–300 m; 5 Sep. 2017; KANADEEP leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-568 • 1 sterile colony, ca 6 cm high upper part; off New Caledonia, stn CP4704; 22°46′ S, 167°19′ E; 365– 356 m; 17 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-581 .

Remarks

For a description of this species, refer to Ansín Agís et al. (2016).

Distribution

Scattered records from off New Caledonia ( Ansín Agís et al. 2016; present study).

Figures

Fig. 9. A. Schizoplumularia elegans Ansín Agís et al., 2016, colony from sample MNHN-IK-2015-548. — B. Schizoplumularia helicoidalis sp. nov., holotype colony, MNHN-IK-2015-610. Scale bar: 2 cm.

Fig. 10 (opposite page). A. Schizoplumularia elegans Ansín Agís et al., 2016, monosiphonic portion of a branch with proximal part of a cladium, from sample MNHN-IK-2015-548. — B–K. Schizoplumularia helicoidalis sp. nov., portion of stem showing fate of component tubes (B); portion of branch with five successive cladial apophyses and proximal part of a cladium (C); portions of cladia from material other than the holotype (D–E); detail of cladial apophysis (F); cladial internode with hydrotheca and its associated nematothecae (G); nematothecae of stem (H) and of cladial intersegment in adaxial (I) and lateral (J) views; gonotheca from material not belonging to the type (K); B–C, F–J from the holotype, MNHN-IK-2015-610; D–E, K from sample MNHN-IK-2015-596. Scale bars: A, C–E = 300 µm; B = 1 mm; F–K = 100 µm