Acryptolaria longitheca (Allman, 1877)

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 : 289-290

Acryptolaria longitheca (Allman, 1877)

Cryptolaria longitheca: Fewkes 1881, p 128 (doubtful record; neither description nor figures. Caribbean Sea: Dominica, 76 fathoms; Martinique, 334 fathoms; Barbados, 103 fathoms).

Cryptolaria longitheca: Stechow 1913a, p 30 (non-record; reference to other authors concerning the coppinia).

Lafoea (Cryptolaria) longitheca: Bonnevie 1899, p 63 (non-record; reference to the species).

Lafoea (Cryptolaria) longitheca: Billard 1906c, p 178 (non-record; reference to the species).

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

Acryptolaria longitheca: Fraser 1943, p 78 , 90, Plate 16 Figure 5 , Plate 17 Figure 5 (doubtful record; with description and figures. With coppinia. 24 ° 189N, 80 ° 589300W, south of Florida Keys, 324 fathoms; 13 ° 119540N, 59 ° 389450W, off Barbados, 73 fathoms).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Fraser 1944, p 212 , Plate 41 Figure 192 (non-record; reference to previous records).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Deevey 1954, p 270 (non-record; checklist—reference to other authors).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Vervoort 1968, p 99 (non-record; checklist—reference to other authors).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Vervoort 1972, p 45 , Figure 12b, c (doubtful record. Closer to A. corniformis both in the shape and size of the hydrothecae. Western Atlantic , east of South Carolina, 32 ° 349N, 74 ° 21.59W, 4681 m).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Cairns et al. 1991, p 24 (non-record; list of common and scientific names).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Calder 1996, p 1723 , Figure 2 d–f (doubtful record. Bermuda Pedestal , 32 ° 35.09N, 64 ° 54.99W, 3550 m; 32 ° 34.39N, 64 ° 54.79W, 3011 m, on hexactinellid sponges).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Calder 1997, p 87 (non-record; reference to other authors).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Calder and Vervoort 1998, p 22 –25, Figures 9–11 (doubtful record. Mid-Atlantic Ridge: 15 ° 35.339N, 46 ° 45.069W, 3410 m; 15 ° 28.569N, 46 ° 34.159W, 3000 m, coppinia in March, lacking modified hydrothecae; 15 ° 28.759N, 46 ° 33.569W, 3289 m; 15 ° 30.859N, 46 ° 38.249W, 3902 m; 23 ° 19.679N, 45 ° 14.659W, 2500 m).

Acryptolaria cf. longitheca: Vervoort and Watson 2003, p 47 , Figure 4F, G (doubtful record; closer to A. flabellum . 37 ° 15.209S, 176 ° 51.209E, Raukumara Plain , east of Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, 130 m).

Acryptolaria longitheca: Vervoort 2006, p 229 –230, Figures 11e , 12a (doubtful record; off Azores, 37– 38 ° N, 25– 25.5 ° W, 1370–2850 m).

Figures

Figure 2. Acryptolaria angulata (Bale, 1914). (A–C) 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 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 10. Acryptolaria minima Totton, 1930. (A) Branch fragment showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B–E) hydrothecae; (F) gonothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 1 mm (A); 400 Mm (B–F).

Figure 11. Acryptolaria minuta Watson, 2003. (A–C) Branch fragments showing shape and arrangement of hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 400 Mm.

Figure 12. Acryptolaria operculata Stepanjants, 1979. (A, B) Branch fragments showing shape and arrangement of hydrothecae. All drawings from the paratype. Scale bar: 1 mm.