Lafoea dumosa, (FLEMING, 1820)

Gu, Zhangjie, Ruthensteiner, Bernhard, Moura, Carlos J., Liu, Lihua, Zhang, Rui & Song, Xikun, 2022, Systematic affinities of Zygophylacidae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Macrocolonia) with descriptions of 15 deep-sea species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 196, pp. 52-87 : 59

LAFOEA DUMOSA ( FLEMING, 1820)

( FIG. 2 )

Lafoea dumosa: Cornelius, 1995: 261–263 , fig. 60 (synonymy).

Type locality: Arbroath , Scotland .

Specimens examined: Ten infertile colonies from the Antarctic; see details in Supporting Information, Table S1 .

Figures

Figure 2. Lafoea dumosa (Fleming, 1820). A, colonies; B, a polysiphonic hydrocaulus with three polysiphonic hydrocladia; C, magnification of a cauline hydrotheca (arrow); D, two hydrothecae; E, F, two collapsed hydrothecae (arrows); A–D: XMUB6498; E, F: XMUB6468; all from Maxwell Bay, Antarctica. A–F, light microscope images. Scale bars: A = 5 mm; B = 2 mm; C–E = 500 µm; F = 100 µm.