Sertularella simplex (Hutton, 1873)

Synonyms in the area:? Sertularella ellisii f. lagenoides —Leloup 1974 p. 28 [polyp]; Sertularella peregrina —Leloup 1974 p. 31–32 [polyp].

Remarks: Galea & Schories (2012a p. 46) considered that “Leloup’s (1974) material assigned to both S. ellisi f. lagenoides and S. peregrina may belong to either this species [ Sertularella sp.] or S. mixta, since no measurements allowing a reliable comparison were provided by this author”. Moreover, Sertularella peregrina Bale, 1926 is considered a synonym of Sertularia simplex in WoRMS (Schuchert 2016). Given the uncertainties about these records, we conservatively include them in the synonym of S. simplex, pending more detailed study.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at north of Coquimbo and in Puerto Melinka, Guaitecas Archipelago (Leloup 1974 p. 28, 31–32).

Habitat: polyp—on algae (Leloup 1974 p. 28, 31–32).