Stegolaria geniculata ( Allman, 1888 )

Gil, Marta & Ramil, Fran, 2021, Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Vema and Valdivia seamounts (SE Atlantic), European Journal of Taxonomy 758, pp. 49-96 : 60

Stegolaria geniculata ( Allman, 1888)

Cryptolaria geniculata Allman, 1888: 41 , pl. 20 figs 1, 1a–b.

Stegolaria geniculata – Ramil & Vervoort 1992: 32–34, fig. 4c–e. — Watson & Vervoort 2001: 154, fig. 2a–d.

Material examined

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN • 1 colony, 10 mm high, without gonothecae; Vema Seamount , stn Dive 3; 71–935 m depth; 31 Jan. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40648 • 54 colonies, 15–62 mm high (2 colonies growing on bivalves, 2 on ghost fishing net and 2 on ropes), 21 colonies, with gonothecae; Valdivia Seamount, stn BT12; 24°49′01″–24°47′38″ S, 6°24′40″–6°25′26″ E; 887– 886 m depth; 7 Feb. 2015; SEAFO-2015 leg.; SEAFO-2015-40220 , SEAFO-2015-40342 , SEAFO-2015-40462 , SEAFO-2015-40582 , SEAFO-2015-40707 , SEAFO-2015-40792 , SEAFO-2015-40811 , SEAFO-2015- 40822 , SEAFO-2015-40850 , SEAFO-2015-40852 .

Distribution

A circumglobal species ( Ramil & Vervoort 1992), widely distributed in deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean ( Vervoort 2006). Its bathymetric distribution extends between 300 and 1727 m ( Stepanjants 2012; Gil 2017).