Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859

Galea, Horia R., 2007, Hydroids and hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile, Zootaxa 1597 (1), pp. 1-116 : 17

Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859

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Bimeria vestita Wright, 1859: 109 , pl. 8 fig. 4; Hincks, 1868: 103, pl. 15 fig. 2; Hartlaub, 1905: 535, fig. P; Millard, 1975: 95, fig. 32C–H; Calder, 1988: 21, figs 17–18; Hirohito, 1988: 94, figs 33D–F, 34A; Ramil & Vervoort, 1992: 14; Calder, 1993: 66; Migotto, 1996: 9, fig. 2A–B; Parapar & Ramil, 1996: 21; Genzano & Zamponi, 1999: 63, figs 4–5; Marques et al., 2000: 322, figs 1–3; Genzano, 2002: 89, fig. 10B; Bouillon et al., 2004: 42, fig. 25A–C; Calder & Kirkendale, 2005: 479; Vervoort, 2006: 196, fig. 5.

Bimeria corynopsis: Stepanjants, 1979: 12 , pl. 1 fig. 5.

Material examined. Stn. CVI — 06.iii.2006, S143 (15 m): one colony with numerous female gonophores; hydranths poorly preserved, epizoic on Sertularella fuegonensis ( MHNG INVE 53445); S142 (15–25 m): one sterile colony, epizoic on Sertularella fuegonensis ( MHNG INVE 53438).

Type locality. Firth of Forth , Scotland .

Remarks. The present material is in good agreement with the available descriptions of this species ( Calder 1988, Migotto 1996, Schuchert 2007). An extensive synonymy is also available in Calder (1988).

World distribution. Worldwide, with exception of Arctic and Antarctic waters ( Vervoort, 2006).

Records from Chile. Previously reported from Calbuco by Hartlaub (1905). The present material was found at only one station, Canal Vicuña, extending its distribution southward to 52° S .

Figures

FIGURE 5. A and B: Bimeria vestita – erect stem (A); gonophore (B). C: Bougainvillia muscoides – hydranth and gonophore. D to K: Bougainvillia pyramidata – colony silhouette (D) and detail (E); hydranth (F); gonophore (G); newly-liberated medusa in lateral (H) and oral (I) views; mature medusa in lateral (J) and oral (K) views. Scale bars: 200 µm (B, C, G, H, I); 400 µm (A); 1 mm (F, J, K); 2.5 mm (E); 1 cm (D).