Turritopsis sp.

Gil, Marta & Ramil, Fran, 2021, Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Vema and Valdivia seamounts (SE Atlantic), European Journal of Taxonomy 758, pp. 49-96 : 53

Turritopsis sp.

Turritopsis sp. – Gil 2017: 37–41, fig. 6a. — Gil et al. 2020: 7–8, fig. 2a.

Material examined

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 3 colonies, up to 6 mm high, without gonophores; Vema Seamount , stn PT4; 31°39′43″–31°38′10″ S, 8°22′37″–8°23′42″ E; 50–108 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40072 ; SEAFO-2015-40093 , SEAFO-2015-40273 • 2 colonies, without gonophores (1 growing on ascidian and 1 on a gorgonian); Vema Seamount , stn Dive 4; 91–95 m depth; 1 Feb. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40134 , SEAFO-2015-40631 .

Distribution

Turritopsis sp. was collected from depths of 18 to 1581 m at several localities stretching from Western Sahara to Gabon (Gil 2017).