Sertularella gaudichaudi (Lamouroux, 1824)

Synonyms in the area: Sertularia gaudichaudi Lamouroux, 1824 [polyp]; Sertularia picta —Blanco 1967b [polyp]; Sertularella mediterranea —Blanco1994a; Genzano 1990, 1994, 1998, 2010; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a, 2011; Meretta & genzano, 2015 [polyp] [non Sertularella mediteranea Hartlaub, 1900]; Sertularella picta —Meyen, 1834; Jäderholm 1903 p. 282; Hartlaub 1905 p. 645–647; Blanco 1963, 1967b, 1994a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Seo 2003 [polyp]; Sertularella allmani —Naumov & Stepanjants 1962 [polyp].

Distribution in South America: polyp—Pacific Ocean, Chile, at Lennox Island and Puerto Toro in Navarino Island (Jäderholm 1903 p. 282; Hartlaub 1905 p. 645–647); Atlantic Ocean, Argentina, from 35.75°S to 38.75°S, at 41.75°S 62.25°W, and at Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (Lamouroux 1824; Meyen 1834; Kirchenpauer 1884; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Blanco 1963, 1967b, 1994a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; Genzano 1990, 1994, 1998, 2010; El Beshbeeshy 1991, 2011; Genzano & Zamponi 1997; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Genzano et al. 2002, 2009a, 2011; Seo 2003; Meretta & Genzano 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).

Habitat: polyp—from shallow waters to 1200m depth, on algae, on Plumularia setacea, mussels, polychaetes, sponges and rocks (Jäderholm 1903 p. 282; Hartlaub 1905; Naumov & Stepanjants 1962; Blanco 1963, 1994a; Vervoort 1972; Stepanjants 1979; Genzano & Rodriguez 1998; Genzano et al. 2002; Genzano & Zamponi 2003; Genzano 2010; El Beshbeeshy 2011; Meretta & Genzano 2015; Miranda et al. 2015).