Obelia dichotoma ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1425 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7CA6D8AC-2312-47F9-8C17-528B94E4C8A7 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5088932 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB6F5251-FFA2-FF8A-ED63-F8E032EDFD75 |
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Felipe |
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Obelia dichotoma ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) |
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Obelia dichotoma ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL
Sertularia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758: 812 View Cited Treatment .
Laomedea (Obelia) dichotoma View in CoL – Vervoort 1959: 315– 316.
Obelia dichotoma View in CoL – Millard 1975: 229–230, fig. 75a–b. — Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 243–244, fig. 68c. — Cornelius 1995: 296–300, fig. 69.
Material examined
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 2 colonies, up to 19 mm high, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount , stn Dive 4; 91–95 m depth; 1 Feb. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40020 , SEAFO-2015-40131 .
Distribution
Obelia dichotoma is a well-known species with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution ( Cornelius 1995); it is absent from Arctic and Antarctic waters ( Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002). In the Southeast Atlantic, it was reported from Angola ( Vervoort 1959, as Laomedea (Obelia) dichotoma ) and South Africa (Millard 1975). Its bathymetric distribution ranges from the intertidal ( Cornelius 1995) to 540 m ( Vervoort 2006).
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Obelia dichotoma ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
| Gil, Marta & Ramil, Fran 2021 |
Obelia dichotoma
| Cornelius P. F. S. 1995: 296 |
| Ramil F. & Vervoort W. 1992: 243 |
Laomedea (Obelia) dichotoma
| Vervoort W. 1959: 315 |