Sertularella maureenae Choong, Calder, & Brinckmann-Voss, 2012

Choong, Henry H. C., 2015, Hydroids of the genus Sertularella (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from the Pacific coast of Canada in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 3925 (3), pp. 387-408 : 401-402

Sertularella maureenae Choong, Calder, & Brinckmann-Voss, 2012

Material. Holotype: CANADA: British Columbia. Nootka District, Bajo Point Locality, 49˚36’45”N, 126˚49’00”W, 26.vi.1934, stolonal colony on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), with gonothecae ( ROMIZ B3868).

Paratypes: CANADA: British Columbia. Nootka District, Bajo Point Locality, 49˚36’45”N, 126˚49’00”W, 26.vi.1934, stolonal colony on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), with gonothecae ( ROMIZ B3869); stolonal colony on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), with gonothecae ( ROMIZ B3870); stolonal colony on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), with gonothecae ( ROMIZ B3871); single polyp on pedicel, gonotheca attached ( ROMIZ B3872). CANADA: British Columbia. Queen Charlotte Land District, Swan Hill Locality. 54˚07’00”N, 131˚36’00”W, 21.iv.1961, 16.5 meters, stolonal colony, growing on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), no gonothecae ( ROMIZ B3876), coll. D.B. Quayle; 54˚07’N, 131˚36’W, 21.iv.1961, 16.5 meters, coll. D.B, Quayle; stolonal colony, growing on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), no gonothecae ( RBCM 011-00161-001). Other material: CANADA: British Columbia. Nootka District, Bajo Point Locality, 49˚36’45”N, 126˚49’00”W, 26.vi.1934, stolonal colony on Bryozoa, no gonothecae, Orthopyxis everta ( Clark, 1876) also present on Bryozoa ( ROMIZ B3873). CANADA: British Columbia. Nootka District, Bajo Point Locality, 49˚36’45”N, 126˚49’00”W, 26.vi.1934, stolonal colony on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), no gonothecae, Orthopyxis everta ( Clark, 1876) and Symplectoscyphus turgidus ( Trask, 1857) also present ( ROMIZ B3874). CANADA: British Columbia. Nootka District, Bajo Point Locality, 49˚36’45”N, 126˚49’00”W, 26.vi.1934, stolonal colony on Symplectoscyphus turgidus ( Trask, 1857) gonotheca ( ROMIZ B3875). CANADA: British Columbia. Nootka District, Bajo Point Locality, 49˚36’45”N, 126˚49’00”W, 26.vi.1934, stolonal colony on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), no gonothecae ( ROMIZ B3878). CANADA: British Columbia. Queen Charlotte Land District. Masset Harbor, 14. ix.1935, stolonal colony on Symplectoscyphus tricuspidatus ( Alder, 1856) , without gonothecae, ROMIZ B3877. CANADA: British Columbia. Queen Charlotte Land District. Masset Harbor, 14. ix.1935, single polyp on pedicel, epizoic on Abietinaria filicula ( Ellis & Solander, 1786) , without gonothecae, ROMIZ B4049. CANADA: British Columbia. Queen Charlotte Land District. Masset Harbor, 14. ix.1935, stolonal colony, creeping on Symplectoscyphus tricuspidatus ( Alder, 1856) , without gonothecae, ROMIZ B4050. CANADA: British Columbia. Nootka Island. Bajo Point, 49˚36’45”N, 126˚49’00”W, 26. vi.1934, stolonal colony and short hydrocaulus, epizoic on hydroid ( Aglaophenia sp), with gonotheca, CMNI 1982-1338 (as Sertularella rugosa ). CANADA: British Columbia. Queen Charlotte Land District, Swan Hill Locality. 54˚07’00”N, 131˚36’00”W, 21.iv.1961, 16.5 meters, stolonal colony, growing on Abietinaria turgida ( Clark, 1877) , no gonothecae, coll. D.B. Quayle ( ROMIZ B3879). CANADA: British Columbia. Louie Creek (west of Nuchatlitz Inlet), 26. vi.1961, stolonal colony and short hydrocaulus, growing on calcareous algae ( Bossiella sp.), numerous gonothecae, coll. D.B. Quayle, CMNI 1982-1452.

Reported distribution. Canada: British Columbia. Masset Harbour, at the Dixon Entrance to Hecate Strait; Off Nootka Island ( Choong et al. 2012).

Remarks. For description and figures of this species, see Choong et al. (2012). In addition to the existing holotype and paratypes in the original description, additional specimens identified are listed in the preceding “Material” section.