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
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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
).