Podocoryna quitus

OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P., MIRANDA, THAÍS P., ARAUJO, ENILMA M., AYÓN, PATRICIA, CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M., CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A., CÓRDOVA, PABLO, CUNHA, AMANDA F., GENZANO, GABRIEL N., HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA, MIANZAN, HERMES W., MIGOTTO, ALVARO E., MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S., MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C., NAGATA, RENATO M., NASCIMENTO, KARINE B., JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA, PALMA, SERGIO, QUIÑONES, JAVIER, RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S., SCARABINO, FABRIZIO, SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN, STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N., TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B. & MARQUES, ANTONIO C., 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, Zootaxa 4194 (1), pp. 1-256 : 64-65

Podocoryna quitus nomen novum (authored by Miranda , T.P. & Marques, A.C.)

Synonyms in the area: Podocoryne reticulata Fraser, 1938a [polyp] [non Stylactis reticulata Hirohito, 1988 , basionym of Hydractinia reticulata (Hirohito, 1988) , a secondary homonym of Hydractina reticulata Wright, 1861 , present Schuchertinia reticulata (Hirohito, 1988) ].

Remarks: Fraser (1938a) described Podocoryne reticulata , which was temporarily transferred to Hydractinia (Schuchert, 2016) . Calder et al. (2009) referred to Fraser’s species name, designating lectotype and paralectotype of Podocoryne reticulata . Hydractinia reticulata (Fraser, 1938a) is a secondary homonym of Hydractinia reticulata (Wright, 1861) , considered a species inquirenda by Schuchert (2008, 2016) because it may be a synonym of Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828) . Therefore, two authors of this manuscript ( Miranda , T.P. & Marques, A.C.) propose the ‘ nomen novum ’ Podocoryna quitus for Hydractinia reticulata (Fraser, 1938a) —the specific epithet refers to the “ quitus ”, Pre-Columbian indigenous people in Ecuador . Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Ecuador, at 2.19°S 80.90°W in Santa Elena Bay (Fraser 1938a, 1948).

Habitat: polyp—from 15 to 22m depth (Fraser 1938a).