Sertularella areyi Nutting, 1904

Galea, Horia R., 2016, Notes on some sertulariid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the tropical western Pacific, with descriptions of nine new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 218, pp. 1-52 : 24

Sertularella areyi Nutting, 1904

Fig. 7J

Sertularella areyi Nutting, 1904: 83 , pl. 17, fig. 6.

Sertularella areyi – Vervoort & Watson 2003: 156, fig. 35f–l.

Material examined

MUSORSTOM 4: Stn. CC 174, several stems, up to 1.4 cm high, all but one sterile (MNHN- IK-2012-16555).

BATHUS 3: Stn. CP813, fertile colonies with stems up to 1.4 cm high on two fragments of gorgonian (MNHN-IK-2012-16556); Stn. CP814, two infertile colonies with stems up to 1.5 cm high, one on dead gorgonian, the other on sponge (MNHN-IK-2012-16557).

LITHIST: Stn. DW13, small colony composed of a few sterile stems, up to 1.2 cm high, growing on Acryptolaria sp. (MNHN-IK-2012-16558).

BORDAU 2: Stn. DW1513, small colony composed of several sterile, up to 5 mm high, stems growing on G. ceramensis (MNHN-IK-2012-16559).

NORFOLK 1: Stn. DW1704, small colony composed of a restricted number of stems, some fertile and up to 1 cm high, epizoic on Zygophylax sp., Sertularella helenae Vervoort, 1993 , and tube of coronate medusa (MNHN-IK-2012-16560).

Remarks

This very distinctive species needs no additional comments on morphology. Its synonymy, as well as a redescription, are provided by Vervoort & Watson (2003).

Geographical distribution

Tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific ( Vervoort & Watson 2003).

Figures

Fig. 7. (continued on next page) ― A. Idiellana pristis (Lamouroux, 1816) (TAIWAN 1, Stn. DW1), stem internode and basal part of cladium. ― B–G. Salacia macer Vervoort & Watson, 2003 (NORFOLK 1, Stn. DW1659). B. Stem internode and basal part of cladium. C. Hydrothecae, frontal view. D. Same, dorsal view. E. Hydrothecal aperture, frontal view. F. Hydrothecal aperture, oblique view, showing