ZYGOPHYLAX ABYSSICOLA (STECHOW, 1926)

(FIGS 3, 4, 5A–F)

Lictorella abyssicola Stechow, 1926: 99; Ruthensteiner et al., 2008: 19.

Zygophylax abyssicola: Rees & Vervoort, 1987: 76; Galea & Schuchert, 2019: 59.

? Zygophylax bifurcata Billard, 1942: 34–35, figs 1–3.

Type locality: Somalia, near Mogadishu, north-west Indian Ocean; 1644 m.

Specimens examined: Eight syntypes from the Indian Ocean, four of them with gonothecae; see details in Supporting Information, Table S1.

Lectotype designation: Lectotype, a fertile, formalinfixed then ethanol-preserved colony, ZSM 20040197 (Fig. 3A, arrow); paralectotypes, the remaining colonies from sample ZSM 20040197 (Fig. 3A, the left colony, G), ZSM 20040726 (Fig. 3A, the right colony, D), formalinfixed then ethanol stored, ZSM 20043537–20043542 (Figs 3B, C, E, F, H, I, 5A–F), microslides .