Lytocarpia brevirostris (Busk, 1852)

Galea, Horia R., 2020, Aglaopheniid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Aglaopheniidae) from off New Caledonia collected during KANACONO and KANADEEP expeditions of the French Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos Program, European Journal of Taxonomy 615, pp. 1-47 : 22

Lytocarpia brevirostris (Busk, 1852)

Fig. 11A

Lytocarpia brevirostris – Di Camillo et al. 2011: 525, figs 2c, 3b, f, 6d, 7–8.

Material examined

PACIFIC OCEAN • several plumes branched or unbranched, 1.8–4.5 cm high, of which one bears a young corbula; off New Caledonia, stn DW4774 ; 23°01ʹ S, 168°19ʹ E; 100– 90 m; 28 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-514 .

Remarks

For a recent description of this well-known species, refer to Di Camillo et al. (2011), who also provided an extensive synonymy.

Distribution

Widespread in tropical parts of the Indian Ocean, from Africa to Indonesia, and the northeastern South Pacific (Di Camillo et al. 2001).

Figures

Fig. 11. A. Lytocarpia brevirostris (Busk, 1852), hydrotheca from sample MNHN-IK-2015-514. — B–K. Lytocarpia fragilis sp. nov., from sample MNHN-IK-2015-523. A–B. Portions of stems in frontal (B) and dorsal (C) aspects. D–G. Hydrotheca seen laterally (D) and frontally (E), and details of its basal (F) and distal (G) parts, both in lateral view. H–I. Distal part of mesial nematotheca seen frontally (H) and apically (I). J–K. Two corbulacostae. Scale bars: B = 500 µm; A, D–E, J–K = 200 µm; C, F–I = 100 µm.