Sertularella novaecaledoniae Vervoort, 1993

Fig. 10D

Sertularella novaecaledoniae Vervoort, 1993: 225, figs 50, 51A, 52A.

Sertularella novaecaledoniae – Galea 2016: 25, fig. 7N–Q.

Material examined

PACIFIC OCEAN • a fertile colony 4.8× 6.4 cm; off New Caledonia, stn DW4748; 23°05′ S, 167°44′ E; 700–740 m; 23 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; a small fragment bearing a gonotheca was used for DNA extraction, DNA 1383; voucher MHNG-INVE-12084; MNHN-IK-2015-424 • a fertile colony, 5× 4 cm; off New Caledonia, stn DW4747; 23°02′ S, 167°44′ E; 550-590 m; 23 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; a small fragment was used for DNA extraction, DNA 1384; voucher MHNG-INVE-120845; MNHN-IK-2015-432 • two fertile colonies, 5× 5 cm and 7× 3.3 cm, respectively; same collecting data as for preceding; MNHN-IK-2015-432 • two colonies without gonothecae, 8.5× 8.5 cm and 8× 7.5 cm, respectively; off New Caledonia, stn DW4670; 22°58′ S, 167°24′ E; 680– 612 m; 12 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; a fragment from one colony was used for DNA extraction, DNA 1385; voucher MHNG-INVE-120846; MNHN-IK-2015-455 • two colony fragments without gonothecae, 4.5× 3.5 cm and 5× 3.5 cm, respectively; off New Caledonia, stn DW4686; 22°29′ S, 167°31′ E; 249–255 m; 14 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-456 • a colony without gonothecae, 8.5 × 9 cm; off New Caledonia, stn DW4677; 22°53′ S, 167°35′ E; 390– 376 m; 13 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-457 • three colonies without gonothecae, 10.7 × 7.2 cm, 6.5× 6.5 cm, and 5.8 × 4.2 cm, respectively; off New Caledonia, stn DW4672; 22°47′ S, 167°26′ E; 310– 290 m; 13 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-467 .

Distribution

New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge (Galea 2016).