Hebella
Fraser, 1944a : 207
Names of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) established by Charles McLean Fraser (1872 - 1946), excluding those from Allan Hancock Expeditions
Calder, Dale R.
Choong, Henry H. C.
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-02
4487
1
1
83
7WKB2
Fraser, 1944 a
Fraser
1944
[151,509,152,178]
Hydrozoa
Hebellidae
Hebella
GBIF
Animalia
Leptothecata
39
40
Cnidaria
species
eximia
Hebella(?) eximia Fraser, 1944a: 207, pl. 39, figs. 185a, b.
Holotype.MCZ-IZ 9067: Dominica, USCSS BlakeSta. 185, 15°24’55”N, 61°27’10”W, 333 fm ( 609 m), 27 January 1879, coll. A. Agassiz; ethanol (specimen now missing from its vial). Typelocality. Dominique( Dominica): 15°24’55”N, 61°27’10”W, 333 fm ( 609 m) ( Fraser 1944a). Current status. Species inquirenda.
Remarks.While no name-bearing typesof Hebella(?) eximiawere designated by Fraser (1944a), the online catalogue at MCZ records typematerial of the species in the collection (MCZ-IZ 9067). That record does not specify the number of colonies, but Fraser’s (1944a)description was of a single colony. No typesor other specimens were located elsewhere, including the Fraser Hydroid Collection at the RBCM. The MCZ specimen, apparently the holotypeby monotypy (ICZN Art. 73.1.2), is now missing from its bottle. The vial originally containing it was carefully checked twice during this study, but no hydroids of H. eximiawere found. Fraser (1944a)founded Hebella eximiain his book on hydroids of the western North Atlantic. Nogonosome was present, and he was uncertain of its generic affinities. Boero et al. (1997)referred it to the synonymy of H. scandens( Bale, 1888), given the resemblance of its trophosome to that species. Their conclusion has been upheld in the current WoRMS list. Based on Fraser’s account of the morphology of its hydrothecae, however, and the considerable depth from which it was collected, it may well be distinct. It is held here to be a species inquirenda. With the holotypenow missing, designation of a neotype, following provisions of the ICZN, seems desirable if the species is re-discovered.
1915525901
1879-01-27
USCSS
A. Agassiz
Dominica
609
15.4152775
Dominica
21
-61.452778
39
40
1
holotype
1915525934
[199,1302,361,386]
Dominica
609
15.4152775
Dominique
21
-61.452778
39
40
1
holotype