HYDROIDA 



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Coryne Loveni (M. vSars) Bonnevie. 

 1835 Sy?icoryiia nniiosa, Loven, Bidrag til Kannedomeu af Sliigtenia Carnpaintlaria och Syncoryna^ p. 



275, pi. 8, figs. 7—10. 

 1846 — Loveni, M. vSars, Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, p. 2, footnote. 



1899 Coryiic Lo7'ciu\ Bonnevie, Nor.skc Nordhav.s-Expedition, p. 14. 



"The colonies are rather coarseh' constructed and attain a height of up to 30 mm. The hydro- 

 caulus is wholly irregularly ramified and shows no distinct main stem. The branches proceed almost 

 rectangularly from the stem or the mother branch, but at once curve upwards, forming a very acute 

 angle or even a parallel with it. The h)'drocaulus and the branches are almost entirely smooth, having 

 only here and there wrinkles slightly indicated. The strongly contractile polype, when extended, 



200 m. boom .. looom. 2 00 m. 



Text-fig. A. The occurence of Coryne Loveiii in the Northern Atlantic (the hatched coastal Region denotes 

 a scattered occurence, the totally black parts indicate a common occurence) 



attains to a length of nearly 2 mm., and then is slcnderh- fusiform or nearly c>'lindric; when contracted 

 it is oviform, oval, or almost globular. The numerous capitate tentacles are irregidarly distrilmted 

 all over the pohpe. 



The gonophores develop into eumedusoid.s, 1.5 mm. long, with no tentacles, normally not break- 

 ing away; they have four well-developed radial canals and a circular canal. Up to three gonophores 

 occur on the polype near its base". 



Material : 



Crreenland, Oodthaab 

 Norway-, Bjarkoi, I^ofoten 



litoral (on Ascophylliim) 

 litoral (on Fncotdcae) 



