Fraser, 1943a : 83
Nemertesia dissimilis
Ramil & Vervoort, 2006 : 121
Names of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) established by Charles McLean Fraser (1872 - 1946), excluding those from Allan Hancock Expeditions
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Fraser, 1943 a
Fraser
1943
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Hydrozoa
Plumulariidae
Antennularia
GBIF
Animalia
Leptothecata
50
51
Cnidaria
species
dissimilis
Antennularia dissimilis Fraser, 1943a: 83, pl. 19, figs. 15a, b. Nemertesia dissimilis.— Ramil & Vervoort, 2006: 121.
Holotype.MCZ-IZ 9009: USA, Georgia, E of St. Andrew Sound, 30°58’N, 79°34’W, Harvard-Havana Expedition, R/V AtlantisSta.3781, 265-290 fm ( 485–530 m), 24 February 1940, one colony fragment, 4.4 cmhigh, in poor condition and with nearly all hydrocladia missing, without gonophores, labelled “ type”; 70% ethanol. Typelocality. USA, Georgia: continental slope, 30°58’N, 79°34’W, 265-290 fm ( 485–530 m), R/V AtlantisSta.3781 ( Fraser 1943a). Current status.Valid, as Nemertesia dissimilis( Fraser, 1943a).
Remarks. No typedesignation was provided by Fraser (1943a)in his original account of Antennularia dissimilis. Nevertheless, material of the species, labelled “ type”, exists at the MCZ (MCZ-IZ 9009). Fraser’s description of A. dissimiliswas based on a fragment of a single sterile colony. That specimen, the holotypeby monotypy, is in poor condition. Few hydrocladia remain, and even then only the most proximal parts are present. Subsequently referred to Nemertesia Lamouroux, 1812by Ramil & Vervoort (2006), N. dissimilisis listed as valid in WoRMS. The species, from bathyal waters at the western edge of the Blake Plateau off southern Georgia, is known only from the type locality.