Zygophylax brownei, BILLARD, 1924

Gu, Zhangjie, Ruthensteiner, Bernhard, Moura, Carlos J., Liu, Lihua, Zhang, Rui & Song, Xikun, 2022, Systematic affinities of Zygophylacidae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Macrocolonia) with descriptions of 15 deep-sea species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 196, pp. 52-87 : 66

ZYGOPHYLAX BROWNEI BILLARD, 1924

( FIG. 8 )

Zygophylax brownei: Ramil & Vervoort, 1992: 65–70 , figs 13a–d, 14a–c (synonymy).

Type locality: Bay of Biscay, north-east Atlantic ; 186 m.

Specimens examined: Three colonies from the Gulf of Cadiz, one of them fertile; see details in Supporting Information, Table S1 .

Molecular sequences: 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and COI genes (this study); see sequence details in Supporting Information, Table S3 .

Figures

Figure 8. Zygophylax brownei Billard, 1924.A, three colonies; B, portion of hydrocaulus with coppinia; C, axillary hydrotheca (arrow); D, magnification of the node (left arrow) and the apophysis of hydrocladia (right arrow); E, a gonotheca; F, a gonotheca with three apical apertures (arrows). From samples: A–F: ZSM 20220295, Gulf of Cadiz. A, B, light microscope images; C–F, SEM images. Scale bars: A = 5 mm; B = 1 mm; C, E = 200 µm; D, F = 100 µm.