Sertularella conica Allman, 1877

Synonyms in the area: Sertularella tenella —Jäderholm 1903; Nutting 1904; Vannucci 1951a [non Sertularella tenella Alder, 1856] [polyp]; Sertularella inconstans —Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; Wedler 1975 [non Sertularella inconstans Billard, 1919] [polyp].

Remarks: Galea (2013 p. 22) considered the record by Migotto (1996) as Sertularella peculiaris Leloup, 1974, but the records included herein were not formally assigned to Leloup’s species. A thorough revision of the materials is necessary to elucidate this doubt, ideally including molecular comparisons.

Distribution in South America: polyp—Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at Santa Marta coast, Venezuela, La Tortuga Island, Brazil, from 18.30°S to 24.20°S, from 27.13°S to 27.21°S, from 31.50ºS to 32.50ºS, Argentina, from 38.25°S to 56°S (Jäderholm 1903; Nutting 1904; Vannucci Mendes 1946; Vannucci 1949, 1950, 1951a; Van Gemerden-Hoogeveen 1965; Vervoort 1972; Wedler 1975; Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1982, 1994a; Migotto 1996; Genzano & Zamponi 1997, 2003; Grohmann 1997, 2006; Grohmann et al. 1997; Horta et al. 2001, abstract; Migotto et al. 2002, 2004; Shimabukuro 2007; Genzano et al. 2009a; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from intertidal zone to 157m depth, on Dynamena crisioides, sponges, shells, nodules of calcareous algae, Sargassum, anthozoan corallum (Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; Blanco 1982, 1994a; Migotto 1996; Zamponi et al. 1998; Seo 2003; Migotto et al. 2004; Shimabukuro 2007; Genzano et al. 2009a; Miranda et al. 2011, 2015).