| Forty leptolid species are described from the north-eastern Atlantic (Macaronesian area and the coasts of Mauritania and Morocco) and additional data are given for 44 leptolids described in previous reports. Two new species of Hydractinia and one new species of Zygophylax are described. Zygophylax echinata Calder & Vervoort, 1998 has been synonymized with Zygophylax sagamiensis Hirohito, 1983. The geographical boundaries of several species have been extended amongst which some (Hydractinia multitentaculata Millard, 1975; Hydractinia marsupialia Millard, 1975, Hydrocorella africana Stechow, 1921) that were hitherto considered to be endemic to South African oceanic waters. Halecium sessile Norman, 1867, turned up in the CANCAP collections after the... |
