Sertularella arbuscula (Lamouroux 1816)
- Dataset
- Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Vema and Valdivia seamounts (SE Atlantic)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Sertulariidae
- genus
- Sertularella
- species
- Sertularella arbuscula
description
Table 9
distribution
Distribution This species has been previously recorded from the Australasian Seas, Indian Ocean, South Africa and Vema Seamount, from the littoral zone to a depth of 219 m (Millard 1966, 1975). Our records from Valdivia Bank, between 476 and 707 m, represent the deepest known localities for this species.
materials_examined
Material examined SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 2 colonies, up to 31 mm high, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount, stn PT 4; 31 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ – 31 ° 38 ′ 10 ″ S, 8 ° 22 ′ 37 ″ – 8 ° 23 ′ 42 ″ E; 50 – 108 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO- 2015 leg.; SEAFO- 2015 - 40093, SEAFO- 2015 - 40123 • 2 colonies, up to 40 mm high growing on algae, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount, stn BT 5; 31 ° 37 ′ 16 ″ – 31 ° 36 ′ 58 ″ S, 8 ° 22 ′ 37 ″ – 8 ° 23 ′ 06 ″ E; 71 – 94 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO- 2015 leg.; SEAFO- 2015 - 40527, SEAFO- 2015 - 40768, LZM-UV slide R. 588 • 1 colony, 30 mm high, growing on bryozoan, with gonothecae; Valdivia Seamount, stn PT 10; 25 ° 36 ′ 54 ″ – 25 ° 37 ′ 26 ″ S, 6 ° 12 ′ 40 ″ – 6 ° 11 ′ 31 ″ E; 476 – 707 m depth; 5 Feb. 2015; SEAFO- 2015 leg.; SEAFO- 2015 - 40414.