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. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-02 4487 1 1 83 journal article 29136 10.11646/zootaxa.4487.1.1 939f52d6-d58b-4a22-8aec-dd5c6a591067 1175-5326 1456161 524B23B9-8EAA-4BD6-8937-A1B8F1C057B9 Hydractinia laevispina Fraser, 1922a Hydractinia laevispina Fraser, 1922a : 97 , pl. 1, figs. 1–6. Syntypes . BCPM 976-00220-001 : Canada , British Columbia , Gabriola Passage , 29 June 1921 , 18 m; dry. Type locality. Canada , British Columbia : Gabriola Pass , western end ( Fraser 1922a ). Current status. Valid. Remarks. Collection data accompanying material in the Fraser Hydroid Collection at the RBCM (BCPM 976- 00220-001) accord with those given in the original description of Hydractinia laevispina by Fraser (1922a) . In the absence of a type designation of the species by Fraser (1922a) , those specimens are syntypes . We have not designated a lectotype from the available material because it is now dry and in very poor condition. Both male and female colonies of the species, found growing on shells of a barnacle (“ Balanus aquilla ” = Menesiniella aquila ), were observed and described in Fraser’s (1922a) original account. Hydractinia laevispina is considered a valid species (Brinckmann-Voss 1996; Cairns et al . 2002 ; Mills et al . 2007 ; Miglietta et al . 2009 ).