Zygophylax leloupi, RAMIL & VERVOORT, 1992

Gu, Zhangjie, Ruthensteiner, Bernhard, Moura, Carlos J., Liu, Lihua, Zhang, Rui & Song, Xikun, 2022, Systematic affinities of Zygophylacidae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Macrocolonia) with descriptions of 15 deep-sea species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 196, pp. 52-87 : 68

ZYGOPHYLAX LELOUPI RAMIL & VERVOORT, 1992

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Zygophylax leloupi: Vervoort, 2006: 239–240 , fig. 15 (synonymy).

Type locality: off Rabat , Marocco ; 890 m.

Specimens examined: One infertile colony from Portugal; see details in Supporting Information, Table S1 .

Molecular sequences: 16S rRNA ( Moura et al., 2012) and 28S rRNA genes (this study); see sequence details in Supporting Information, Table S3 .

Figures

Figure 10. Zygophylax leloupi Ramil & Vervoort, 1992. A, fragmentary colony; B, a nematotheca (arrow) on an accessory tube of hydrocaulus; C, hydrothecal arrangement along a hydrocladium; D, annulations of the hydrothecal pedicel (upper arrow) and a node on a hydrocladium (lower arrow); E, axillary hydrotheca; F, a hydrotheca, showing its diaphragm (arrow); G, hydrothecal renovations. From samples: A–G: ZSM 20220296, Lisbon, Portugal. A, C–F, light microscope images; B, G, SEM images. Scale bars: A = 5 mm; B, G = 100 µm; C = 2 mm; D–F = 500 µm.