Ryland, J.S. & M.J. Gibbons, 1991. Intertidal and shallow water hydroids from Fiji. II. Plumulariidae and Aglaopheniidae. Mem. Qd Mus. 30 3: 525-560.

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Ryland, J. S.; Gibbons, M. J.

1991

30: 525-560

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Nineteen species of Hydroida Plumulariidae and Aglaopheniidae were obtained from intertidal reefs and shallow waters in Fiji. The generic name Monotheca Nutting is used for species of Plumularia (s. lat.) having a single hydrotheca per hydrocladium, for example, M. obliqua (Saunders in Johnston); and Lytocarpia Kirchenpauer and Macrorhynchia Kirchenpauer are preferred to their better known junior synonyms, respectively Thecocarpus Nutting and Lytocarpus Allman. Lytocarpia bathyalis sp. nov., L. nicpenni sp. nov. and L. vitiensis sp. nov. are erected. All species are illustrated with line drawings made using a camera lucida, and substantial variability is figured for Gymnangium eximium (Allman) and Lytocarpia phyteuma (Kirchenpauer). Other species mentioned are Antennella secundaria, Halopteris buskii, H. diaphana, H. polymorpha, H. habereri, Plumularia pennycuikae, P. strobilophora, Lytocarpia brevirostris, P. strictocarpa Macrorhynchia philippina, M. phoenicea, Gymnangium hians and Aglaophenia postdentata.) Descriptors: ANTENNELLA SECUNDARIA; HALOPTERIS BUSKII; HALOPTERIS DIAPHANA; HALOPTERIS POLYMORPHA; HALOPTERIS HABERERI; PLUMULARIA PENNYCUIKAE; PLUMULARIA STROBILOPHORA; LYTOCARPIA BREVIROSTRIS; MONOTHECA OBLIQUA; LYTOCARPIA BATHYALIS new species; PLUMULARIA STRICTOCARPA; MACRORHYNCHIA PHILIPPINA; MACRORHYNCHIA PHOENICEA; THEOCARPUS; LYTOCARPUS; LYTOCARPIA NICPENNI new species; LYTOCARPIA VITIENSIS new species; LYTOCARPIA PHYTEUMA; GYMNANGIUM EXIMIUM; GYMNANGIUM HIANS figs. 1-24. (01.viii.1991).

Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution

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