Fungiacyathus hydra

Zibrowius, H. & Gili, J.-M., 1990. Deep-water Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Namibia, South Africa, and Walvis Ridge, southeastern Atlantic. Scientia Marina, 54(1): 19-46 [p. 22-25; pl. 1 A-N].

Type locality

“[…] BB 12 and BB 13, Walvis Ridge, 882-886 m”.

Toponymic note and update

BB 12 and BB 13 are sampling stations atl the Walvis Ridge (an ocean ridge in the southern Atlantic Ocean extending from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the African coast).

Types

Paratypes: Museu de Ciències Naturals (Zoologia) de Barcelona, MZB 2012-0328 (”st. BB 13”; ca. 10 specimens, ex Cnidarian collection Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona, CSIC).

Types in other museums

Holotype: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC., 86867.

Paratypes: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC., 86867.

Current name