Ectopleura larynx ( Ellis & Solander, 1786 )

Calder, Dale R., 2012, On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydroidolina) from the west coast of Sweden, with a checklist of species from the region 3171, Zootaxa 3171 (1), pp. 1-77 : 18-19

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scientific name

Ectopleura larynx ( Ellis & Solander, 1786 )
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Ectopleura larynx ( Ellis & Solander, 1786) View in CoL

Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17

Tubularia larynx Ellis & Solander, 1786: 31 View in CoL .— Segerstedt, 1889: 11, 24.— Lönnberg, 1903: 60.— Fenchel, 1905: 552.— Jäderholm, 1909: 43, pl. 2, figs. 1–3.— Gislén, 1930: 350.— Rees & Rowe, 1969: 7.— Jägerskiöld, 1971: 64.— Östman et al., 1995: 166, figs. 2–6, 8.— Jonsson et al., 2004: 166.

Tubularia coronata View in CoL .— Lönnberg, 1898: 51.

Type locality. British Isles ( Schuchert 2010: 356, after Ellis 1755).

Museum material. Kosterhavet, 58°52.536’N, 11°06.229’E, 6–30 m, 07.ix.2010, SCUBA GoogleMaps , four hydrocauli, two with hydranths, up to 2.5 cm high, with gonophores, coll. B.E. Picton, ROMIZ B3901 .

Remarks. A thorough taxonomic review of Ectopleura larynx ( Ellis & Solander, 1786) was recently undertaken by Schuchert (2010), and little need be added here to his detailed account. The widely used and familiar generic name Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862 , to which the species is assigned, is threatened by at least three senior synonyms ( Calder 2010). Current usage is maintained here.

Ectopleura larynx , typically a shallow-water species, is common in southwestern Scandinavia ( Kramp 1935b; Rees & Rowe 1969; Christiansen 1972). Kramp noted that splendid colonies inhabit the northern end of the Lillebaelt, an area having strong water currents. In the Oslofjord Christiansen found E. larynx throughout the year, although colonies died back in December and January. Hydroids with gonophores were present there from June to October. This species is a dominant fouling organism and a pest in the Norwegian salmon aquaculture industry ( Guenther et al. 2009, 2010).

Reported distribution. West coast of Sweden.—Koster area ( Jägerskiöld 1971, as Tubularia larynx ) to Öresund ( Lönnberg 1898, as T. larynx ).

Elsewhere.—North Atlantic from the northwestern seas of the Russian Federation ( Schuchert 2001a) to the Iberian Peninsula ( Schuchert 2010) in the east, and from Newfoundland to Long Island Sound ( Calder 1975) in the west; also reported from cool waters of the Pacific Ocean ( Petersen 1990).

FIGURE 18. Tubularia indivisa : small hydranth, ROMIZ B3908. Scale equals 1.0 mm.

Agassiz, L. (1862) Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Vol. IV. Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 380 pp.

Calder, D. R. (1975) Biotic Census of Cape Cod Bay: hydroids. Biological Bulletin, 149, 287 - 315.

Calder, D. R. (2010) Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago. Zootaxa, 2590, 1 - 91.

Christiansen, B. O. (1972) The hydroid fauna of the Oslo Fiord in Norway. Norwegian Journal of Zoology, 20, 279 - 310.

Ellis, J. (1755) An essay towards a natural history of the corallines, and other marine productions of the like kind, commonly found on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland … Printed for the author, London, 104 pp.

Ellis, J. & Solander, D. (1786) The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis … Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander … Benjamin White & Son, and Peter Elmsly, London, 206 pp.

Fenchel, A. (1905) Ueber Tubularia larynx Ellis (T. coronata Abildgaard). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 13, 507 - 580.

Gislen, T. (1930) Epibioses of the Gullmar Fjord II. Kristinebergs Zoologiska Station 1877 - 1927, Skriftserie Utgiven av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 4, 1 - 380.

Guenther, J., Carl, C. & Sunde, L. M. (2009) The effects of colour and copper on the settlement of the hydroid Ectopleura larynx on aquaculture nets in Norway. Aquaculture, 292, 252 - 255.

Guenther, J., Misimi, E. & Sunde, L. M. (2010) The development of biofouling, particularly the hydroid Ectopleura larynx, on commercial salmon cage nets in mid-Norway. Aquaculture, 300, 120 - 127.

Jaderholm, E. (1909) Northern and Arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum (Riksmuseum). IV. Hydroiden. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, ny foljd, 45 (1), 1 - 124.

Jagerskiold, L. A. (1971) A survey of the marine benthonic macro-fauna along the Swedish west coast 1921 - 1938. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothobergensis, Zoologica, 6, 1 - 146.

Jonsson, L. G., Nilsson, P. G., Floruta, F. & Lundalv, T. (2004) Distributional patterns of macro- and megafauna associated with a reef of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa on the Swedish west coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 284, 163 - 171.

Kramp, P. L. (1935 b) Polypdyr (Coelenterata) I. Ferskvandspolypper og goplepolypper. Danmarks Fauna, 41, 1 - 207.

Lonnberg, E. (1898) Undersokningar rorande Oresunds djurlif. Meddelanden fran Kongl. Landtbruksstyrelsen, ar 1898, 43, 1 - 77.

Lonnberg, E. (1903) Undersokningar rorande Skeldervikens och Angransande Kattegat-omrades djurlif pa Forordnande af Kongl. Landtbruksstyrelsen. Meddelanden fran Kongl. Landtbruksstyrelsen, ar 1902, 80, 1 - 70.

Ostman, C., Myrdal, M., Nyvall, P., Lindstrom, J., Bjorklund, M. & Aguirre, A. (1995) Nematocysts in Tubularia larynx (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Scandinavia and the northern coast of Spain. Scientia Marina, 59, 165 - 179.

Petersen, K. W. (1990) Evolution and taxonomy in capitate hydroids and medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100, 101 - 231.

Rees, W. J. & Rowe, M. (1969) Hydroids of the Swedish west coast. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothobergensis, Zoologica, 3: 1 - 23.

Schuchert, P. (2001 a) Hydroids of Greenland and Iceland (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Meddelelser om Gronland, Bioscience, 53, 1 - 184.

Schuchert, P. (2010) The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Capitata Part 2. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 117, 337 - 555.

Segerstedt, M. (1889) Bidrag till kannedomen om hydroid-faunan vid Sveriges vestkust. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 14, Afdelning 4, 4, 1 - 28.

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FIGURE 17. Ectopleura larynx: small hydranth with gonophores, ROMIZ B3901. Scale equals 1.0 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Hydrozoa

Order

Anthoathecata

Family

Tubulariidae

Genus

Ectopleura