Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820

Estrada-González, Mariae C., Agüero, José & Mendoza-Becerril, María A., 2023, Medusozoans from the Mexican Pacific: a review based on historical literature and recent observations, Journal of Natural History 57 (1), pp. 784-853 : 816-817

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2023.2214967

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8202189

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D38303-FFBD-BB77-FE43-FB83FD99FA4C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820
status

 

Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820 View in CoL View at ENA

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Material examined

3 colonies, polyp, without gonophores; Punta Diablo, La Paz Bay , Baja California Sur, 24.316°N, 110.340°W; depth 0–1 m; 7 May 2017; on the alga Valionopsis pachynema, crustose coralline algae, and rock; ECO-CH-Z 11748 View Materials GoogleMaps . – 1 colony, polyp, without gonophores; El Mogote Sand Bar, La Paz Bay , Baja California Sur, 24.159°N, 110.341°W; depth 0– 2 m; 1 July 2019; on ascidian and sponge; ECO-CH-Z 11798 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Identification (after Calder 1988)

Colonies erect; hydrocaulus monosiphonic, alternately branched, divided into internodes by annulations. Each internode supporting a branch distally. Hydrocladia divided into internodes by annulations, each with a distal unbranched and annulated ramulus that supports a hydranth. Perisarc terminating abruptly below hydranths. Hydranth pearshaped, with a whorl of filiform aboral tentacles and two whorls of short capitate tentacles.

Distribution

New record for the Gulf of California. In the MP, it has been recorded from the coast of Oaxaca ( Humara-Gil and Cruz-Gómez 2018) .

Remarks

This species is cryptic; Miglietta et al. (2018) detected several clades with broad ranges of geographic distributions. Integrative taxonomic studies may help elucidate possible differences within these clades.

MP

Mohonk Preserve, Inc.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Hydrozoa

SubClass

Hydroidolina

SuperOrder

Anthoathecata

Order

Anthoathecata

Family

Pennariidae

Genus

Pennaria

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