Acryptolaria andersoni Totton, 1930

Peña Cantero, Alvaro L., Marques, Antonio C. & Migotto, Alvaro E., 2007, Revision of the genus Acryptolaria Norman, 1875 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Lafoeidae), Journal of Natural History 41 (5 - 8), pp. 229-291 : 235

Acryptolaria andersoni Totton, 1930

Acryptolaria exserta: Norman 1875, p 172 –173, Plate 12 Figures 1 , 2 [non Cryptolaria exserta Busk, 1858 ].

Scapus tubulifer Norman 1875, p 173 –174, Plate 12 Figures 1 , 3 .

Acryptolaria andersoni Totton 1930, p 161 .

Remarks

As stated above, the type material of A. andersoni , type species of the genus Acryptolaria , is presumably lost. Although there is little doubt that Totton’s species actually belongs to Acryptolaria , it is impossible to assign any material to it without examining its type.

As indicated before, Norman (1875) did not recognize the coppinia of A. andersoni , wrongly describing it as a new species of hydroid ( Scapus tubulifer ).

Figures

Figure 1. Acryptolaria abies (Allman, 1877). (A) Part of branch showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B–F) hydrothecae. (A–C, E) From the paralectotype; (D) from the lectotype; (F) from MCZ 45714. Scale bar: 1 mm (A); 400 Mm (B–F).

Figure 2. Acryptolaria angulata (Bale, 1914). (A–C) Hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 400 Mm.

Figure 3. Acryptolaria bulbosa (Stechow, 1932). (A) Part of branch showing hydrothecal arrangement; (B–D) hydrothecae. All drawings from the holotype. Scale bar: 400 Mm.