Plumularia margaretta ( Nutting, 1900 )

Galea, Horia R., 2010, Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 2570, pp. 1-40 : 29

Plumularia margaretta ( Nutting, 1900)

(fig. 7H, I)

Monotheca margaretta Nutting, 1900: 72 , pl. 11 figs 1–3.

Plumularia margaretta ― Ansín Agís et al., 2001: 189, fig. 75.

Material examined. Stn.8: 0 5.12.2009, 17 m—numerous stems to 8 mm high, some bearing gonothecae, on fishing line and small bivalves attached to it (part as MNHN-IK.2009-822). Stn.13: 0 3.12.2009, 10–15 m—a small sterile colony, with stems to 6 mm high, on alga. Stn. 15: 02.12.2009 —two sterile colonies, with stems to 5 mm high, on red algae caught by fishing nets presumably off Port-Louis, depth unknown.

Remarks. For synonymy and a detailed description, see Ansín Agís et al. (2001).

Caribbean records. See Calder & Kirkendale (2005).

World distribution. See Ansín Agís et al. (2001).