Gymnangium superbe ( Bale, 1882 )

Watson, Jeanette E., 2018, Some Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Great Australian Bight in the collection of the South Australian Museum, Zootaxa 4410 (1), pp. 1-34 : 24

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scientific name	Gymnangium superbe ( Bale, 1882 )
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Gymnangium superbe ( Bale, 1882) View in CoL

Aglaophenia superba Bale, 1882: 31 View in CoL , pl. 13, fig. 4.

Halicornaria superba .— Bale, 1884: 175, pl. 12, fig. 1, pl. 16, fig. 4.¯ Bartlett, 1907: 43.— Bale, 1913: 145.— Bale, 1915: 324.— Briggs, 1915: 312.— Bedot, 1921: 348.— Hodgson, 1950: 53, fig. 85.

Gymnangium superbum View in CoL .— Stechow, 1923: 237.— Blackburn, 1942: 109.— Watson, 1982: 112, fig. 4.1, 12i, pl. 12.5. — Watson, 1994: 67.— Vervoort & Watson, 2003: 286.

Gymnagium superbe View in CoL .—Watson, 2003: 254.— Watson, 2005: 577, fig. 31 A–D.

Material examined. Preserved material (no microslides). PIRSA Stns B1, B12, IMP4.

Comment. This well known reef-dwelling hydroid is distinguished by its long greenish-brown feathery stems, often yellow at growing tips. It exudes mucus when removed from water (Watson, pers, obs.). Distribution. Common on southern Australian coastal reefs.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Cnidaria
Class	Hydrozoa
Order	Leptothecata
Family	Aglaopheniidae
Genus	Gymnangium