Sertularia tongensis ( Stechow, 1919 )

Galea, Horia R., 2016, Notes on some sertulariid hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the tropical western Pacific, with descriptions of nine new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 218, pp. 1-52 : 41

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.218
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3853845
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scientific name	Sertularia tongensis ( Stechow, 1919 )
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Treatment

Sertularia tongensis ( Stechow, 1919) View in CoL

Fig. 10E

Sertularella tongensis Stechow, 1919: 89 , fig. f 1 –g 1.

Sertularia tongensis View in CoL – Galea 2010: 18 View Cited Treatment , fig. 5h–m (synonymy); 2015b: 10, fig. 3s.

Material examined

MUSORSTOM 9: Stn. CP1265, small colony composed of a few sterile, unbranched stems, up to 1 cm high (MNHN-IK-2012-16592).

Remarks

As stated by Galea (2010, 2015b), this species is immediately recognizable, even in sterile condition, through its alternate hydrothecae whose apertures are closed by two opercular flaps pleated along a median line.

Geographical distribution

Likely circumglobal in temperate to tropical seas ( Galea 2015b). The present record is from the Marquesas.