On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles Author Galea, Horia R. text Zootaxa 2008 1878 1 54 journal article 48932 10.5281/zenodo.184149 086e0d63-8af0-4ad1-8884-03fa56b5ea98 1175-5326 184149 Thyroscyphus ramosus Allman, 1877 (fig. 7G) Thyroscyphus ramosus Allman, 1877 : 11 , pl. 6 figs 5–6.— Splettstösser, 1929 : 54 , 124, figs 46–51.— Vervoort, 1959 : 250 , fig. 21.— Vervoort, 1968 : 33 , fig. 15.— Migotto, 1996 : 79 , fig. 15A–B.— Shimabukuro & Marques, 2006 : 32 , figs 2–28. Material examined . Stn. 7 : 29.03.2008 —several sterile colonies, up to 16 cm high, on dock. Type locality . South of Sand Key, Florida, United States . Remarks . For a thorough recent description of this species, refer to Shimabukuro & Marques (2006) . Distribution . Tropical western Atlantic, west coast of Africa ( Migotto 1996 ). The Caribbean records are summarized by Calder & Kirkendale (2005) .