Sphaeronectes bougisi Carré, 1968

P. R. Pugh, 2009, A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (Class Hydrozoa, Order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 2147, pp. 1-48 : 48

Sphaeronectes bougisi Carré, 1968 (See Figure 16)

Sphaeronectes bougisi Carré, 1968a, p. 446 , figs. 1–2; 1968b, p. 89, Pl. 1, fig. 7; Gili, 1986, p. 278, figs. 4.50e; 4.65l: Bouillon et al 2004, p. 229, fig. 141D,E.

Distribution: As noted above, because of the peculiar arrangement of the radial canals on the nectosac that resemble closely that found in Lilyopsis species , there is some doubt as to the validity of this species; although the few buds on the siphosomal stem appear to have a greater affinity with Sphaeronectes species. S. bougisi was described by Carré (1968a) from six specimens collected in non-closing nets fished at depths of 50 (4 specimens) and 100 m (2 specimens) in the entrance to the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Western Mediterranean). Gili (1986) appears to be the only other person to record this species from two specimens caught in the 50-200 m depth zone off Barcelona.