Sertularella areyi Nutting, 1904

Sertularella areyi – Vervoort & Watson 2003: 156, fig. 35F–L. — Galea 2016: 24, fig. 7J.

Material examined

PACIFIC OCEAN • a colony composed of two stems, 1 and 1.1 cm high, respectively, each bearing a gonotheca; off New Caledonia, stn DW4768; 23°25′ S, 168°01′ E; 180–210 m; 27 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; the whole sample was used for DNA extraction, DNA 1376; MHNG-INVE-120837 • a profuse, fertile colony with stems up to 2 cm high; off New Caledonia, stn CP4739; 22°41′ S, 167°41′ E; 393– 358 m; 22 Aug. 2016; KANACONO leg.; MNHN-IK-2015-408 .

Distribution

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