Names of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) established by Charles McLean Fraser (1872 - 1946), excluding those from Allan Hancock Expeditions
Author
Calder, Dale R.
Author
Choong, Henry H. C.
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Antennularia dissimilis
Fraser, 1943a
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
Atlantis
Sta.
3781, 265-290 fm (
485–530 m
),
24 February 1940
, one colony fragment,
4.4 cm
high, in poor condition and with nearly all hydrocladia missing, without gonophores, labelled “
type
”; 70% ethanol.
Type
locality.
USA
,
Georgia
: continental slope,
30°58’N
,
79°34’W
, 265-290 fm (
485–530 m
), R/V
Atlantis
Sta.
3781 (
Fraser 1943a
).
Current status.
Valid, as
Nemertesia dissimilis
(
Fraser, 1943a
)
.
Remarks.
No
type
designation 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. dissimilis
was based on a fragment of a single sterile colony. That specimen, the
holotype
by monotypy, is in poor condition. Few hydrocladia remain, and even then only the most proximal parts are present.
Subsequently referred to
Nemertesia
Lamouroux, 1812
by
Ramil & Vervoort (2006)
,
N. dissimilis
is 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.