Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905

Rodriguez, Carolina S., Miranda, Thaís P., Marques, Antonio C., Mianzan, Hermes & Genzano, Gabriel, 2012, The genus Hybocodon (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with a revision of the species recorded from the area, Zootaxa 3523, pp. 39-48 : 41

Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905

Figures 2A–B , 3A–D , 4 , 5 A–F

Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub 1905: 545 –546, fig. V, W a–b [polyp]; Galea 2006: 59 –60, fig. 2, 3a–e, 4a–i [polyp and medusa]; Galea

2007: 33 [polyp and medusa]; Bravo et al. 2011: 362, 371, table 1, 4 [medusa]; Palma et al. 2011: 269, table 1–2 [medusa].? Hybocodon prolifer: Zamponi 1984: 86; Zamponi and Suarez 1991: 19 [medusa] [non Hybocodon prolifer L. Agassiz, 1860]. Hybocodon prolifer: Schuchert 1996: 113, fig. 68a–e [polyp and medusa]; Genzano et al. 2008: 4, 5, 10 [medusa] [non

Hybocodon prolifer L. Agassiz, 1860 ].

Hybocodon unicus: Genzano et al. 2008: 3 , 5, 10 [medusa] [non Hybocodon unicus Browne, 1902 ].

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FIGURE 4. Medusa of Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905 collected in the southwestern Atlantic. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 5. Nematocysts from the medusa of Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905: stenoteles (A – B); microbasic mastigophores (C – D); heterotrichous anisorhiza (E); desmoneme (F). Scale 5 µm.

FIGURE 2 A – B. Polyps of Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905 collected in the intertidal at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Scales: A – 1.5 cm; B – 4 cm. Photos courtesy of A. C. Morandini.

FIGURE 3 A – D. Details of polyps of Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905. A: lateral view; B: oral view; C: lateral view of hydranth with gonophores; D: detail of gonophores. Scales: A, B – 2 mm; C, D – 1 mm.