Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Sertularia dichotoma Linnaeus, 1758: 812 .

Obelia dichotoma ― Cornelius, 1995: 296, fig. 69.

Material examined. Stn.12: 30.11.2009, 12–15 m—a luxuriant sterile colony with stems to 5 mm high, on dead tips of a gorgonian. Stn.13: 0 3.12.2009, 10 m—a luxuriant colony on gorgonian, gonothecae present. Stn.18: 0 4.12.2009, 10–15 m—four badly-preserved, to 1.7 mm high, sterile stems, on sponge. Caribbean records. See Calder & Kirkendale (2005).

World distribution. See Medel & Vervoort (2000).