Stegolaria geniculata (Allman 1888)
- Dataset
- Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Vema and Valdivia seamounts (SE Atlantic)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Tiarannidae
- genus
- Stegolaria
- species
- Stegolaria geniculata
distribution
Distribution A circumglobal species (Ramil & Vervoort 1992), widely distributed in deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean (Vervoort 2006). Its bathymetric distribution extends between 300 and 1727 m (Stepanjants 2012; Gil 2017).
materials_examined
Material examined SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 1 colony, 10 mm high, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount, stn Dive 3; 71 – 935 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO- 2015 leg.; SEAFO- 2015 - 40648 • 54 colonies, 15 – 62 mm high (2 colonies growing on bivalves, 2 on ghost fishing net and 2 on ropes), 21 colonies, with gonothecae; Valdivia Seamount, stn BT 12; 24 ° 49 ′ 01 ″ – 24 ° 47 ′ 38 ″ S, 6 ° 24 ′ 40 ″ – 6 ° 25 ′ 26 ″ E; 887 – 886 m depth; 7 Feb. 2015; SEAFO- 2015 leg.; SEAFO- 2015 - 40220, SEAFO- 2015 - 40342, SEAFO- 2015 - 40462, SEAFO- 2015 - 40582, SEAFO- 2015 - 40707, SEAFO- 2015 - 40792, SEAFO- 2015 - 40811, SEAFO- 2015 - 40822, SEAFO- 2015 - 40850, SEAFO- 2015 - 40852.
Name
- Synonyms
- Cryptolaria geniculata Allman 1888
- Homonyms
- Stegolaria geniculata (Allman 1888)