Sertularia tongensis (Stechow, 1919)

Fig. 10E

Sertularella tongensis Stechow, 1919: 89, fig. f 1 –g 1.

Sertularia tongensis – Galea 2010: 18, fig. 5h–m (synonymy); 2015b: 10, fig. 3s.

Material examined

MUSORSTOM 9: Stn. CP1265, small colony composed of a few sterile, unbranched stems, up to 1 cm high (MNHN-IK-2012-16592).

Remarks

As stated by Galea (2010, 2015b), this species is immediately recognizable, even in sterile condition, through its alternate hydrothecae whose apertures are closed by two opercular flaps pleated along a median line.

Geographical distribution

Likely circumglobal in temperate to tropical seas (Galea 2015b). The present record is from the Marquesas.