Sertularella areyi Nutting, 1904

Fig. 7J

Sertularella areyi Nutting, 1904: 83, pl. 17, fig. 6.

Sertularella areyi – Vervoort & Watson 2003: 156, fig. 35f–l.

Material examined

MUSORSTOM 4: Stn. CC 174, several stems, up to 1.4 cm high, all but one sterile (MNHN- IK-2012-16555).

BATHUS 3: Stn. CP813, fertile colonies with stems up to 1.4 cm high on two fragments of gorgonian (MNHN-IK-2012-16556); Stn. CP814, two infertile colonies with stems up to 1.5 cm high, one on dead gorgonian, the other on sponge (MNHN-IK-2012-16557).

LITHIST: Stn. DW13, small colony composed of a few sterile stems, up to 1.2 cm high, growing on Acryptolaria sp. (MNHN-IK-2012-16558).

BORDAU 2: Stn. DW1513, small colony composed of several sterile, up to 5 mm high, stems growing on G. ceramensis (MNHN-IK-2012-16559).

NORFOLK 1: Stn. DW1704, small colony composed of a restricted number of stems, some fertile and up to 1 cm high, epizoic on Zygophylax sp., Sertularella helenae Vervoort, 1993, and tube of coronate medusa (MNHN-IK-2012-16560).

Remarks

This very distinctive species needs no additional comments on morphology. Its synonymy, as well as a redescription, are provided by Vervoort & Watson (2003).

Geographical distribution

Tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific (Vervoort & Watson 2003).