Errinopsis Broch, 1951

Cairns, Stephen D. & Zibrowius, Helmut, 2013, Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from South Africa, Zootaxa 3691 (1), pp. 1-57 : 18

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.1

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Errinopsis Broch, 1951
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Genus Errinopsis Broch, 1951 View in CoL

Errinopsis Broch, 1951b: 40 .—Boschma, 1956a: F104.—Cairns, 1983a: 77–78; 1983b: 455–457; 1992, 540: 545;

Type Species. Errinopsis reticulum Broch, 1951 b, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Colonies uniplanar to bushy, branching highly anastomotic (fenestrate), often with multiple attachments to substrate. Coenosteal texture a mixture of reticulate-granular and coarsely imbricate. Gastro- and dactylostyles uniformly arranged on branches. Gastrostyles present; dactylopore spines dimorphic, mound-like and horseshoe-shaped, the dactylotome facing downward (adcauline) as in Errina ; dactylostyles absent. Ampullae superficial with lateral or apical efferent pores.

Discussion. This is a rarely reported genus consisting of only two species, previously known only from Subantarctic South America.

Holocene Distribution. Off southern South America and South Africa, 250– 771 m.

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