Corydendrium parasiticum (Linnaeus, 1767)

Galea, Horia R., 2013, New additions to the shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the French Lesser Antilles: Martinique, Zootaxa 3686 (1), pp. 1-50 : 6

Corydendrium parasiticum (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Material examined. Stn. 7, 24.i.2012, 6– 8 m, M032: a sparsely branched colony, 4.5 cm high, with gonophores. Stn. 8, 25.i.2012, 12– 15 m, M056: a 15 cm high, sterile colony (MHNG-INVE-82908).

Remarks. For the synonymy and a redescription of this species, see Schuchert (2004).

Geographical distribution. Likely circumglobal in tropical and subtropical waters ( Schuchert 2004). In the Caribbean, this species was recorded from Colombia ( Wedler 1975, Flórez Gonzáles 1983), Belize ( Spracklin 1982), Puerto Rico ( Wedler & Larson 1986), Panama ( Calder & Kirkendale 2005), Guadeloupe (Galea, unpublished data), and Martinique (present record).