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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Eudendrium speciosum
Fraser, 1945a
Eudendrium speciosum
Fraser, 1945a
: 22
, figs. 1a, b.
Holotype
.
USNM 43464
: USA, Gulf of
Mexico
,
Florida
,
Pensacola
,
Santa Rosa Sound
, 0
7 August 1942
, one colony,
3.5 cm
high, in poor condition, without hydranths, without gonophores, coll.
E.H. Behre
, labelled “
type
”; ethanol.
Paratype
.
BCPM
976-00251-001:
USA
,
Florida
, Santa Rosa Sound, shore, several colony fragments, up to
3.1 cm
high, in fair to fairly good condition, with male gonophores; 60%
IPA
.
Type
locality.
USA
,
Florida
:
Pensacola
,
Santa Rosa Sound
(
Fraser 1945a
).
Current status.
Valid.
Remarks.
Fraser (1945a)
established
Eudendrium speciosum
for a species found in a small collection of hydroids received for identification from staff at the NMNH. The “
type
” designated by him (USNM 43464) is listed in the current online database of that museum as
syntype
material, but a single colony is present. It is therefore the
holotype
of the species. The specimen is in poor condition and may have been dry some time in the past. Additional material of the species exists in the Fraser Hydroid Collection at the RBCM (BCPM 976-00251- 001), but in not having been fixed as a name-bearing
type
it is taken here to be a
paratype
(ICZN Art. 72.1.3). By mistake, Arai (1977) reported the
type
locality of
E. speciosum
, Santa Rosa Sound, to be in
Louisiana
rather than
Florida
.
Eudendrium speciosum
is known only from the original description. It is listed as valid in
Calder & Cairns (2009)
and WoRMS, but its taxonomic status needs to be clarified.