Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774

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 : 815

Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774

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Material examined

3 colonies, polyp, without gonophores; Agua de Yepiz, La Paz Bay , Baja California Sur, 24.288°N, 110.630°W; depth 0–1 m; 24 June 2018; on undetermined algae, ascidian, and coralline algae; ECO-CH-Z 11791 .

Identification (after Schuchert 2001)

Colonies erect; hydrocaulus monosiphonic, branched. Perisarc with a few wrinkled, and with irregular annulations, principally at base; terminating abruptly below hydranth. Hydranth spindle-shaped; tentacles capitate, with five in an oral whorl and many others scattered over hydranth. Without filiform tentacles. With stenotele nematocysts.

Distribution

New record for the MP.

Figures

Figure 4. A, Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775): medusa oral view. B, Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774: hydrant. C, Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820: hydranth. (D, E) Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856: D, hydranth; E, male gonophore. F, Janaria mirabilis Stechow, 1921: colony. Scale bars: B = 500 μm; C = 250 μm; D = 200 μm. Drawings made by Nicholas Bezio (A–E) and Mariae C. Estrada-González (F).