Antennularia japonica Stechow, 1907

Stechow (1907), Zool. Anz. 32, p. 196.

ZSM 20040755 long colony in ethanol with missing tip, Halecium mediterraneum Weismann, 1883 and Filellum serratum (Clarke) growing on its base, ZSM 20051184, 20051195-20051197 micro slides with pieces probably representing the tip of the colony, Japan, Sagami Bay, Okinose Bank, 34°59'30"N, 139°34'50"E, depth 250 m, leg. Doflein, “Zuso Maru”, station 6, Nr. 361, 10.XI.1904.

Notes: A more detailed redescription based on the type material is given by Stechow (1909, p. 80-81, V, fig 6). Micro slides ZSM 20051195 - 20051197 do not show detailed collecting data. But it is highly likely that they are type material as they were collected by F. Doflein. Stechow later (1914, p. 230) changed the genus to Nemertesia, which is also displayed on all labels. Bedot (1917, p. 37) synonymized it with Nemertesia intermedia (Kirchenpauer) which is also shown on the label of ZSM 20051184.