Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905

Galea, Horia R., 2007, Hydroids and hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the fjords region of southern Chile, Zootaxa 1597 (1), pp. 1-116 : 33

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1650.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098581
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scientific name	Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905
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Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905 View in CoL View at ENA

Hybocodon chilensis Hartlaub, 1905: 545 View in CoL , figs V–W; Galea, 2006b: 57 View Cited Treatment , figs 2–4.

Hybocodon prolifer: Schuchert, 1996: 113 View in CoL , fig. 68A–E.

Material examined. Stn. COM 01 —28.i.2006, 21– 24 m: a colony composed of several stems ( MHNG INVE 48117 ) . Stn. COM 02 —22.i.2006, 20– 25 m, S49: a colony composed of several stems ( MHNG INVE 48116 ) . Stn. COM 03 —25.ii.2005, 15– 25 m, S22: small colony, with 6–7 stems, up to 3.5 cm high, hydranths with immature medusa buds ( MHNG INVE 53176 ) ; 21.i.2006, 17– 21 m, HG031: fertile colony liberating medusae ( MHNG INVE 48115 ) . Stn. COM 04– 28.i.2006, 22– 25 m: a colony composed of several stems ( MHNG INVE 48492 ) . Stn. COM 06 —26.i.2006, 20– 23 m, HG063: fertile colony liberating medusae ( MHNG INVE 48118 ) . Stn. COM 08 —25.xii. 2004, 5 m, S64: one sterile stem 6.5 cm high ( MHNG INVE 53246 ) . Stn. MEL 03 —08.iii.2005, 20– 30 m, S83: two hydranths without pedicels, one with blastostyles carrying medusa buds ( MHNG INVE 53297 ) . Stn. SWA — 15.iii. 2006, 24 m, S127: a colony with about a dozen of stems, 4–5 cm in height, hydranths with immature medusa buds ( MHNG INVE 53393 ) . Stn. CFQ — 29.iii. 2005, 32 m, S74: two polyps, one borne on a 2 cm high pedicel, the other without pedicel, both in bad condition and sterile. Stn. CFA — 14.iii. 2006, 25 m, S100: one stem 2.5 cm high, hydranth with immature medusa buds ( MHNG INVE 53355 ) . Plankton —off the Huinay Scientific Field Station , 18–19.ii.2006, 10– 20 m, horizontal night haul: one adult female, two subadult medusae and two actinulae ( MHNG INVE 49043 ) .

Type locality. Calbuco , Chile .

Remarks. This species was recently fully redescribed and figured by Galea (2006b).

Hydroid epibionts. Halecium delicatulum Coughtrey, 1876 ; Sertularella jorgensis El Beshbeeshy, 1991 ; Clytia linearis ( Thornely, 1900) ; Obelia dichotoma ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

World distribution. Recorded from New Zealand ( Schuchert 1996).

Records from Chile. This species was previously recorded from Calbuco ( Hartlaub 1905). The present material was collected between 42°10' S and 48°50' S .