Sertularella ornata

Moura, Carlos J., 2015, The hydrozoan fauna (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the peaks of the Ormonde and Gettysburg seamounts (Gorringe Bank, NE Atlantic), Zootaxa 3972 (2), pp. 148-180 : 162

Sertularella ornata

(fig. 4C)

Sertularella fusiformis ornata Broch, 1933: 74 –76, fig. 29.

Sertularella ellisii ornata .— Picard, 1956: 265, fig. 3f. —Medel, 1996: 206–208, fig. 76.—Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 2002: 126–128, fig. 24D.

Sertularella ornata .— Medel et al., 1991: 526, fig. 10.— Moura et al., 2011: 524, 525, fig. 3.

Material studied. Ormonde, stn 3: ca. 30 cormoids on cauli of Zonaria tournefortii , fertile. Gettysburg, stn 5: ca. 15 cormoids and some fragments, on Zonaria tournefortii and sponge, epibionts: Aglaophenia kirchenpaueri , small algae and calcified Bryozoa; DBUA 1527.03.

Remarks. Moura et al. (2011) demonstrated with molecular data the distinctiveness and validity of the nominal species Sertularella ornata , many times regarded as a variety or subspecies of S. ellisii . Reported distribution. Eastern Atlantic.— Cape Verde (Medel & Vervoort 1998), Madeira ( Wirtz 2007), W Portugal ( Moura et al. 2011) and Gorringe (present study).

Mediterranean.—Strait of Gibraltar ( Medel et al. 1991; Medel 1996), Spain (e.g. García Carrascosa 1981, Gili 1986, Medel et al. 1991, Medel 1996), Chafarinas Islands (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 2002), Algeria ( Picard 1955), Italy ( Rossi 1961; Boero & Fresi 1986), Adriatic ( Broch 1933), Aegean Sea (Morri & Bianchi 1999) and Israel ( Vervoort 1993).

Elsewhere.—Not found.