Agalophenia sinuosa Bale, 1888

Figs 1C, 3

Aglaophenia sinuosa Bale, 1888: 790, pl. 21 figs 1–2.

Aglaophenia bakeri Bale, 1919: 353, pl. 17 figs 7–8.

Aglaophenia sinuosa – Whitelegge 1889b: 194. — Jäderholm 1917: 19, pl. 2 fig. 9. — Bale 1919: 352. — Watson 1994: 67; 2002: 347, fig. 6e–h; 2018: 19, fig. 8b–f. — Vervoort & Watson 2003: 278, figs 65e–f, 66a–e.

Aglaophenia bakeri – Watson 1994: 67; 2018: 19.

Material examined

PACIFIC OCEAN • 1 plume, ca 8.5 cm high, hydrorhiza and gonothecae missing; off New Caledonia, stn DW4970; 21°01ʹ S, 158°31ʹ E; 750 m; 8 Sep. 2017; KANADEEP leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-545.

Remarks

For modern descriptions of this species, refer to Watson (2002, 2018) and Vervoort & Watson (2003).

As noted by Watson (2002), A. sinuosa is easily recognizable through the sinuous bends at intervals along the stem that mark a reversal of the orientation of cladia. Although a reversal is present in sample MNHN-IK-2015-545, the condition of the stem is little affected.

Distribution

South and SE Australia, Tasman Sea (Watson 2018), New Caledonia (present study).