Hydractinia epiconcha Stechow, 1907

Hydractinia epiconcha Stechow, 1907 View in CoL

Stechow (1907), Zool. Anz. 32, p. 192.

ZSM 20060487 colonies covering the surface of four gastropod shells containing the soft bodies of the gastropods in ethanol, Japan, Sagami Bay near Misaki , leg. F. Doflein expedition, Nr. 1549, 1904

ZSM 20060488 (fig. 3B) colonies covering the surface of six gastropods shells containing the soft bodies of the gastropods in ethanol, Japan, Sagami Bay near Misaki , leg. F. Doflein expedition, Nr. 367 (?), 1904.

ZSM 2000567-2000570 , 2000574-2000578 , 2000581 , 2000582 micro slides with total polyps and colony portions, longitudinal ( ZSM 2000581 , 2000582 ) and cross section series ( ZSM 2000574 , 2000577 ) and skeletal elements ( ZSM 2000578 ), Japan, Sagami Bay near Misaki , growing on the shell of living gastropods, leg. F. Doflein expedition, Nr. 367, 1904.

ZSM 20060486 View Materials colony covering the surface of a gastropods shells containing the soft body of the gastropod in ethanol, Japan, Sagami Bay near Fukuura , depth 150 m, leg. K.A. Haberer, 01-12.III. 1903 .

ZSM 20000579 View Materials , 20000580 View Materials micro slides with total polyps and colony portions, Japan, Sagami Bay near Fukuura , depth 150 m, growing on the shell of living gastropods, leg. K. A. Haberer, nrs. 7810 ( ZSM 20000579 View Materials ) and 7876 ( ZSM 20000580 View Materials ), 1903.

Note: A detailed redescription based on the type material is given in Stechow (1909, p. 18-21, Tab. III, figs. 4, 5).