Dinotheca dofleini

Notes: In Stechow (1920, p. 401 - 405, figs. 1 - 2) a detailed redescription very similar to the originals description is provided. In another redescription (Stechow 1923 a, p. 17) the collection data are corrected (“ ... now the locality is known ... ”). The same data are given in the last, thorough redescription (Stechow 1925 a, p. 508 - 513, figs. 49 - 52). There are some discrepancies between the information on the material of the original description (Stechow 1911) and the redescriptions (Stechow 1923 a, 1925 a). It appears that he originally had only a small branch with insufficient collection data. This might by represented by micro slide ZSM 20041714 (Fig. 5 A). Colony portions of that slide very much resemble those figured in the original description (Figs 5 A, B). When Stechow later got hold of the whole colony he might have corrected the collection data on the label of ZSM 20041714, which differ from those of the original description. Although the material other than ZSM 20041714 was not mentioned in the original description it should be regarded as type material, because – as can be deduced from Stechow (1923 a, 1925 a) – it belongs to the same colony.

ZSM 20041237 colony in ethanol, ZSM 20041714 (fig. 5 A, B) - 20041718, 20051714 - 20051718 micro slides with parts of the colony, East Africa, near the coast of Somalia, 0 ° 24.5 ' S, 42 ° 49.4 ' E, depth 1019 m, leg. “ Valdivia ”, station 252, 25. III. 1899.