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)
.