Coryne pintneri Schneider 1898

Coryne pintneri Schneider, 1898 Fig. 35 A, B See Schuchert (2001 b) for a complete synonymy. Material examined. HCUS-S 0 40 (Hydrozoa Collection, University of Salento���fauna of the Salento Peninsula). Description (based on our own observations; Brinckmann-Voss 1970; Schuchert 2001 b, 2010, 2012): Hydroid. Hydrorhiza stolonal; colonies mostly stolonal, occasionally sparingly branched with 2 hydranths, rarely with up to 5 side branches, up to 2 cm in height; perisarc not thick, feebly annulated to smooth, frequently 2���3 annulations separated by smooth intervals; hydranths with 15���21 capitate tentacles either scattered or in 4���5 whorls, below them a whorl of 2���6 short filiform tentacles, which are often absent, but always present in regenerating hydranths. Gonophores as fixed sporosacs spherical, borne in 2 whorls in upper axil of tentacles in middle of hydranth body, without radial or circular canals, females with numerous eggs. Colours: colourless to reddish-rose. Cnidome. Stenoteles of two size classes. Habitat type. Shaded places in caves and also on rocks (depth range: 0���40 m) (Brinckmann-Voss 1970; Boero & Fresi 1986; Schuchert 2001 b). Substrate. On several substrates and organisms such as Peyssonnelia sp., Balanus shells, leaves and roots of Posidonia beds, Myriapora truncata. Seasonality. March���May (Brinckmann-Voss 1970) in the Tyrrhenian Sea; November (Boero & Fresi 1986) in the Ligurian Sea; from February to March, and October in Salento waters (Gravili 2006; Gravili et al. 2008 a). Reproductive period. In the Tyrrhenian Sea, fertile colonies occur from March to May (Brinckmann-Voss 1970). Distribution. Mediterranean (Gravili et al. 2008 a), coasts of Brittany (France), and Scotland (see Schuchert 2001 b). Records in Salento. Rare at Otranto (Gravili 2006; Gravili et al. 2008 a). Remarks. The filiform tentacles are usually missing in colonies from agitated waters (Brinckmann-Voss 1970; Edwards & Harvey 1983). The Mediterranean records of this species are also discussed in the remarks on Coryne pusilla (for more details see Schuchert 2005 a, 2010). References. Schneider (1898), Motz-Kossowska (1905), Stechow (1923), Brinckmann-Voss (1970), Boero (1981 a, b), Boero et al. (1985), Boero & Fresi (1986), Piraino et al. (1999), Schuchert (2001 b, 2010, 2012), Bouillon et al. (2004), Gravili (2006), Gravili et al. (2008 a).
Published as part of Gravili, Cinzia, Vito, Doris De, Camillo, Cristina Gioia Di, Martell, Luis, Piraino, Stefano & Boero, Ferdinando, 2015, The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide, pp. 1-187 in Zootaxa 3908 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3908.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/242729
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