Sertularia loculosa Busk, 1852

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Sertularia loculosa Busk, 1852

(fig. 6F–G)

Sertularia loculosa Busk, 1852: 393 , pl. 19 fig. 9.— Migotto, 1996: 71, fig. 13F–I.— Schuchert, 2003: 188, fig. 42. Sertularia ligulata Thornely, 1904: 116 , pl. 2 fig. 1–1B.— Vervoort, 1959: 277, fig. 37.— Millard & Bouillon, 1973: 74, fig. 9G.—Hirohito, 1974: 22, fig. 9.—Millard, 1975: 307, fig. 100A, D.— Vervoort & Vasseur, 1977: 53, fig. 24.— Gibbons & Ryland, 1989: 420, fig. 36.—Hirohito, 1995: 213, fig. 71A–G.

Material examined. Stn. 7: 25.03.2008 —several colonies, up to 5 mm high, some fertile, on Dictyota sp. and other algae; 27.03.2008 — a dense, sterile colony, ca. 6 mm high, on Halimeda sp.

Type locality. Bass Strait, Australia.

Remarks. This species is easily recognizable due to the presence of an adcauline ligula, which is much larger compared to the tentacles of the hydranth. For a recent description and additional comments, see Migotto (1996).

Distribution. Widely distributed over the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans; also reported from the eastern Atlantic ( Vervoort & Vasseur 1977).