Acryptolaria rectangularis (Jarvis, 1922)

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 : 291

Acryptolaria rectangularis (Jarvis, 1922)

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Millard 1967, p 174 , Figure 2B [the material apparently includes both A. rectangularis (ABD 15P) and A. bulbosa (AFR 1251D). Millard herself indicated that ‘‘the two samples have hydrothecae of very different sizes, though the proportions are similar’’. AFR 1251D, 35 ° 039S, 44 ° 129E, Walters shoal, east coast of South Africa, 600 m; ABD 15P, 29 ° 429S, 31 ° 389E, east coast of South Africa, 350 m].

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Millard 1968, p 253 , 261–262, Figure 2 (doubtful record. Closer to A. bulbosa . South Africa: 24N, 29 ° 489300S, 31 ° 189E, ca 219 m; 27C, 29 ° 599S, 31 ° 079300E, 232 m; 29F, 30 ° 029300S, 31 ° 029450E, 164 m. August).

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Millard 1973, p 28 (non-record; just discussion on the formation of solitary hydrothecae).

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Millard 1975, p 171 , Figure 57A–D (doubtful record. Closer to

A. bulbosa . Off the coasts of Natal and Mozambique, 110–495 m).

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Millard 1977, p 106 (non-record; list of species).

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

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Gravier-Bonnet 1979, p 17 –18, Figure 4A (doubtful record. Closer to A. bulbosa . 25 ° 099020S, 47 ° 229060E, off Madagascar, 460–465 m).

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Millard 1980, p 131 , 138, Figure 4A (doubtful record. Neither description nor measurements. With coppinia figure. SM 121 , 30 ° 32.29S, 30 ° 52.89E, coast of Natal, 625–900; SM 239 , 32 ° 14.89S, 29 ° 00,89E, Transkei coast, 90 m, June; SM 250 , 31 ° 59.39S, 29 ° 22.59E, Transkei coast, 150–200 m).

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

Acryptolaria rectangularis: Schuchert 2003, p 154 –155, Figure 13 (doubtful record. Kei Islands , Indonesia, 5.53 ° S, 132.6 ° E, 245 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 13. Acryptolaria pulchella (Allman, 1888). (A) Branch fragment showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B–E) hydrothecae; (F) coppinia fragment (dorsal view); (G) gonotheca (lateral view). All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 1 mm (A); 400 Mm (B–G).