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Turritopsis nutricula

Turritopsis nutricula

McCrady, 1857

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Description. Small colony, composed of three stems arising from creeping hydrorhiza. Perisarc doublelayered, slightly undulated with occasional wrinkles, covered with detritus particles. Hydranths, though contracted, fusiform, with 15 – 17 filiform tentacles scattered over distal 2 / 3 – 3 / 4 of body; hypostome domeshaped. Gonophores not seen. Nematocysts (undischarged): microbasic euryteles (5.7 – 6.3) × (2.7 – 2.9); desmonemes (3.9 – 4.1) × (2.4 – 2.6) µm.
Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149
Remarks. Though scarce and sterile, the present specimens are provisionally assigned to McCrady’s (1857) species, pending the discovery of more abundant, fertile material. For descriptions of the hydroid stage of T. nutricula, see Calder (1988 b) and Migotto (1996).
Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149
Distribution. Realiable records are from the western Atlantic (Calder 1988 b, Migotto 1996). They are also supported by recent molecular analyses (Miglietta et al. 2006). The Caribbean records are summarized by Calder & Kirkendale (2005).
Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149
Material examined. Stn. 3: 26.01.2008 — three polyps, no gonophores, on alga. Type locality. Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, United States.
Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149

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AnimaliaCnidariaHydrozoaAnthoathecataOceaniidaeTurritopsisTurritopsis nutricula

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On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Galea, Horia R. (2008): On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1878: 1-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184149

Abstract

A recent collection of shallow-water hydroids from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, was studied. This is the first comprehensive report on the hydroid fauna from the study area. A total of 48 species, belonging to 9 families of athecates and 12 families of thecates, are described or listed. All the species are illustrated and, when necessary, data on the cnidome composition are provided. Two new species, Zanclea migottoi sp. nov. and Halopteris vervoorti sp. nov., are described. Rhizogeton sterreri (Calder, 1988) is redescribed based on fertile material. Its taxonomic status is discussed and the genus Rhizodendrium Calder, 1988 is included in the synonymy of Rhizogeton L. Agassiz, 1862. Scandia michaelsarsi (Leloup, 1935) is believed to be a synonym of S. gigas (Pieper, 1884), and morphological arguments are provided to support this hypothesis. An undescribed type of peculiar gonothecae, arising from the hydrothecal apertures, was found in Dynamena disticha (Bosc, 1802). Sertularella peculiaris (Leloup, 1935) is redescribed and its synonymy discussed. The nematocyst types of Symmetroscyphus intermedius (Congdon, 1907) were identified. Some species in the present collection are provisionally identified or assigned to a genus, pending the discovery of fertile material or additional life cycle studies. Finally, the hydroid fauna from the study area proves to be preponderantly tropical in nature, with several species also occurring in temperate seas. A number of species are first records for the Caribbean basin: R. sterreri, Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856, Coryne pusilla Gaertner, 1774, Halecium cf. lankesteri (Bourne, 1890), S. gigas, and Sertularia loculosa Busk, 1852.

Key words: Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, hydroids, tropical western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe, Les Saintes

Galea H R, plazi (2008). On a collection of shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.184149 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

CC0Published 12/31/2008View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119376256
Dataset Key
086e0d63-8af0-4ad1-8884-03fa56b5ea98
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2266024
Taxon ID
038A8789FFE1C14BFF1E714A26FC7ED0.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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