Fraser, 1943a : 81
Names of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) established by Charles McLean Fraser (1872 - 1946), excluding those from Allan Hancock Expeditions
Calder, Dale R.
Choong, Henry H. C.
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-02
4487
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Fraser, 1943 a
Fraser
1943
[151,568,1635,1661]
Hydrozoa
Sertulariidae
Sertularella
GBIF
Animalia
Leptothecata
47
48
Cnidaria
species
humilis
Sertularella humilis Fraser, 1943a: 81, pl. 19, fig. 12.
Holotype.MCZ-IZ 9008: USA, Florida, off Sand Key, 27 March 1872, BacheExpedition 1872–1874, 75–128 fm ( 137–234 m), one hydrocaulus, 0.9 mmhigh, in poor condition, with eight hydrothecae (two of them broken off), without gonophores, coll. W. Stimpson, labelled “ type”; dry. Typelocality. USA, Florida: off Sand Key Light, 125 fm ( 229 m) ( Fraser 1943a). Current status.Valid.
Remarks.The original description of Sertularella humilisby Fraser (1943a), in a collection from the MCZ, was based on a single colony said to reach 1 cmin height. A specimen of the species from the typelocality at that museum (MCZ-IZ 9008), containing a label marked “ type”, is the holotypeby monotypy (ICZN Art. 73.1.2) because no other typematerial is known to exist. The specimen is now dry, accompanied by a note stating “found dry (prior to 1983)”. Although desiccated and in quite poor condition, the base of the colony nevertheless matches the illustration provided by Fraser (1943a, pl. 19, fig. 12). Gonophores were lacking in the hydroid described by Fraser (1943a), and the small, unbranched colony appears to have been a juvenile. Sertularella humilis, taken to be valid in WoRMS, is known only from the original description. Fraser (1947a)speculated that its affinities were with S. tenella(Alder, 1856)and S. rugosa( Linnaeus, 1758), both boreal species.
1915525929
[199,1115,1874,1899]
United States of America
229
Sand Key Light
47
48
1
Florida
holotype