Acryptolaria crassicaulis (Allman, 1888)

Peña Cantero, Alvaro L., Marques, Antonio C. & Migotto, Alvaro E., 2007, Revision of the genus Acryptolaria Norman, 1875 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Lafoeidae), Journal of Natural History 41 (5 - 8), pp. 229-291 : 287-288

Acryptolaria crassicaulis (Allman, 1888)

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Driesch 1889, p 10 (non-record).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Pictet and Bedot 1900, p 17 , 18 (non-record).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Browne 1907, p 29 (non-record; just indication that Cryptolaria humilis should be united with C. conferta and C. crassicaulis ).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Ritchie 1911, p 833 , Plate 87 Figure 4 (non-record; figure of type specimen).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis var. dimorpha Ritchie, 1911, p 830 , Figure 126, Plate 87 Figures 5 , 6 (doubtful record. Similar to Acryptolaria operculata in the shape and the size of the hydrothecae. Off Wollongong, Australia, 55–56 fathoms).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Stechow 1913a, p 11 , 113, Figures 86, 87 (doubtful record. Description and figures of the coppinia. Okinosebank, Sagamibai).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Stechow 1913b, p 144 (non-record; list of species).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Jäderholm 1916 /17, p 5, Plate 1 Figure 4 (doubtful record; it could belong to either A. crassicaulis or A. longitheca . E Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, 150 m).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Jäderholm 1919, p 8 , Plate 2 Figure 2 (doubtful record; no description, one figure. Kiushiu, Gotoinseln, Japan).

Osaealdaria crassicaulis: Stechow 1921, p 256 (non-record; assignation as type species of Osaealdaria).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis var. dimorpha: Jarvis 1922, p 335 (doubtful record; neither description nor figures. Salomon, Chagos, 60–120 fathoms).

Osaealdaria crassicaulis: Stechow 1923a, p 147 (non-record; change of genus).

Osaealdaria crassicaulis: Stechow 1923b, p 11 (non-record; reference to other authors).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Leloup 1932, p 146 , Figure 16 , Plate 16 Figure 3 [doubtful record. According to the dimensions, it could belong to this species. Leloup indicated the presence of a scapus, without accessory tubes; coppinia in April. Off Travancore Coast, Indes anglaises (9 ° N, 75 ° E), 260 brasses].

Osaealdaria crassicaulis: Leloup 1940, p 15 –16 (doubtful record; neither description nor figures. Sta. 503, 47 ° 129N, 50 ° 519450W, 748–1262; Sta. 578, 38 ° 2659N, 26 ° 309450W, 1165 m; Sta. 616, 38 ° 469350N, 28 ° 179200W, 1022 m; Sta. 663, 37 ° 289’300N, 25 ° 319450W, 1732 m; Sta. 683, 38 ° 209N, 28 ° 049450W, 1550 m; Sta. 719, 39 ° 119N, 30 ° 249150W, 1600 m; Sta. 866, 38 ° 529500N, 27 ° 239050W, 599 m; Sta. 1116, 31 ° 439300N, 10 ° 469450W, 2165 m; Sta. 1349, 38 ° 359300N, 28 ° 059450W, 1250 m; Sta. 1420, 42 ° 549N, 28 ° 309450W, 2460 m; Sta. 2034, 33 ° 479N, 14 ° 219W, 185 m; Sta. 2048, 32 ° 329300N, 17 ° 029W, 1968 m; Sta. 2210, 39 ° 259N, 31 ° 229300W, 1229 m; Sta. 2214, 39 ° 269100N, 31 ° 219300W, 650–914 m).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Yamada 1959, p 49 (non-record; reference to other authors).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Rees and White 1966, p 273 (non-record, reference to other authors).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Millard 1967, p 172 –174, Figure 2A (doubtful record. From the figure and the size of the hydrotheca, particularly the diameter at the aperture, it could belong to A. corniformis . Off east coast of South Africa: 36 ° 489S, 52 ° 089E, 400 m. She dismissed the necessity of Ritchie’s variety dimorpha ).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Leloup 1974, p 8 (doubtful record; neither measurements nor figures. ESE off Isla Tac, Golfo de Ancud, Chile, 250–300 m).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis var. dimorpha: Smaldon, Heppell, and Watt 1976, p 14 (non-record; list of type specimens).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Millard 1978, p 188 et seq. (non-record; list of species).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Gravier-Bonnet 1979, p 18 , Figure 34B, C (doubtful record; hydrothecae distinctly much larger. Probably belonging to A. operculata . Off Madagascar, 25 ° 099020S, 47 ° 229060E, 460–465 m).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis var. dimorpha: Gravier-Bonnet 1979, p 20 (non-record; just discussion on the variety dimorpha ).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Vervoort 1985, p 283 –285, Figure 1 (doubtful record. Hydrothecae clearly smaller than those of A. crassicaulis , being closer to A. conferta ).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Ramil and Vervoort 1992, p 48 –49, Figure 9d (doubtful record. Off Cádiz, Spain, 392 m).

Cryptolaria crassicaulis: Stranks 1993, p 7 (non-record; catalogue).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Altuna Prados 1994, p 134 –137, Plate 17, Figures A–E (doubtful record. Off Basque coast, Spain, with coppinia).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Altuna 1995, p 54 (non-record; list of species).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Blanco 1994a, p 162 (non-record; identification key).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Blanco 1994b, p 188 (non-record; reference to other authors).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Blanco et al. 1994, p 9 –10, Figure 6 (non-record; reference to other authors).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Bouillon et al. 1995, p 51 (non-record; museum catalogue).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Medel and López-González 1996, p 198 (non-record; cataloguereference to other authors).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Genzano and Zamponi 1997, p 290 (non-record; list of species).

Acryptolaria crassicaulis: Vervoort and Watson 2003, p 44 –46, Figure 5 A–C (doubtful record, no figures. Probably belonging to A. longitheca , with which agrees in shape and size of hydrothecae. Off the Kermadec Ridge, north of New Zealand, 106–325 m).

Figures

Figure 1. Acryptolaria abies (Allman, 1877). (A) Part of branch showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B–F) hydrothecae. (A–C, E) From the paralectotype; (D) from the lectotype; (F) from MCZ 45714. Scale bar: 1 mm (A); 400 Mm (B–F).

Figure 2. Acryptolaria angulata (Bale, 1914). (A–C) Hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 400 Mm.

Figure 3. Acryptolaria bulbosa (Stechow, 1932). (A) Part of branch showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B–D) hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 400 Mm.

Figure 4. Acryptolaria conferta (Allman, 1877). (A, B) Branch fragments showing hydrothecal arrangement; (C–F) hydrothecae; (G) gonothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 1 mm (A, B); 400 Mm (C–G).

Figure 5. Acryptolaria corniformis Naumov and Stepanjants, 1962. (A) Branch fragment showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B, C) hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 1 mm (A); 400 Mm (B, C).

Figure 6. Acryptolaria crassicaulis (Allman, 1888). (A–C) Hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 400 Mm.

Figure 9. Acryptolaria longitheca (Allman, 1877). (A) Branch fragment showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B–D) hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 1 mm (A); 400 Mm (B–D).

Figure 16. Hydrothecal arrangement in Acryptolaria (continued). (A) A. longitheca; (B) A. minima; (C) A. minuta; (D) A. operculata; (E) A. pulchella; (F) A. tortugasensis. Scale bar: 500 Mm (A, D); 250 Mm (B, C, E, F).