Bryozoa of Floridan Oculina reefs Author Judith L Winston text Zootaxa 2016 4071 1 1 81 journal article 51549 10.11646/zootaxa.4071.1.1 8ffe5a88-06f7-44af-95aa-5fd49e0302c4 1175-5326 260490 D47C792F-E91D-40A6-ABB7-FA7810578562 Hippothoa flagellum Manzoni, 1870 ( Fig. 21 ; Table 20 )
Hippothoa flagellum Manzoni, 1870: 328 ; Hayward & Ryland 1999: 88, fig. 18. Hayward & McKinney 2002: 42, fig. 18 E–H.
Hippothoa distans : Osburn 1914: 198 ; 1940: 408.
Hippothoa flagellum : Osburn, 1947: 28 .
TABLE 20. Measurements in mm of Hippothoa flagellum Manzoni, 1870 .
Lz Wz Lo Wo Lov Wov Lfemz Wfemz Lstol Lint
N 18 18 18 18 11 11 11 11 2 4
Mean 0.295 0.159 0.065 0.047 0.124 0.141 0.244 0.142 0.050 0.788
SD 0.028 0.015 0.011 0.007 0.013 0.011 0.017 0.013 0.006 0.248
Min 0.252 0.126 0.045 0.036 0.108 0.126 0.216 0.126 0.045 0.540
Max 0.360 0.180 0.090 0.054 0.144 0.162 0.270 0.162 0.054 1.080
Material examined. VMNH. no. 70631, 70632; USNM no. 1283247. Description. Colonies forming inconspicuous, thread-like uniserial chains of zooids that may branch or meander over unoccupied substrata between and among larger calcareous epifauna ( Fig. 21 A). Autoozooids oval, convex, with broadly cleithridiate orifice surrounded by low, smooth-rimmed, slightly hooded peristome ( Fig. 21 B, F). Autozooids with long trailing, stolon-like caudate portion connected with preceding zooid ( Fig. 21 C). Autozooids with single distal budding site and paired lateral budding sites. Female zooids form at latter sites ( Fig. 21 E, F), are smaller than autozooids, with a more pointed proximal end and a distal orifice that is shorter and wider than in autozooids. Ooecia helmet shaped and imperforate; orifice with broad proximal sinus Remarks. The species is considered to be widespread on calcareous substrata in temperate and tropical waters. The Oculina specimens best fit the definition of this species, but zooidal dimensions are slightly smaller and the orifices of autozooids less elongate than those of Mediterranean specimens studied by Hayward & McKinney (2002). Distribution. In the Western Atlantic it occurs from Cape Hatteras to Florida and the Caribbean.