Reijnen Bastian T, van der Meij Sancia E T, van Ofwegen Leen P
Department of Marine Zoology, Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, the Netherlands.
Zookeys. 2011(103):1-26. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.103.953. Epub 2011 Jun 10.
An overview of the octocoral and hydrozoan host species of pygmy seahorses is provided based on literature records and recently collected field data for Hippocampus bargibanti, Hippocampus denise and Hippocampus pontohi. Seven new associations are recognized and an overview of the so far documented host species is given. A detailed re-examination of octocoral type material and a review of the taxonomic history of the alcyonacean genera Annella (Subergorgiidae) and Muricella (Acanthogorgiidae) are included as baseline for future revisions. The host specificity and colour morphs of pygmy seahorses are discussed, as well as the reliability of (previous) identifications and conservation issues.
基于文献记录以及最近收集的巴氏海马、丹尼斯海马和波氏海马的野外数据,对侏儒海马的八放珊瑚和水螅虫宿主物种进行了概述。识别出七个新的共生关系,并给出了迄今为止已记录的宿主物种概述。对八放珊瑚模式标本进行了详细的重新检查,并回顾了海鳃目动物环柳珊瑚属(亚柳珊瑚科)和黑珊瑚属(棘柳珊瑚科)的分类历史,作为未来修订的基线。讨论了侏儒海马的宿主特异性、颜色形态,以及(之前的)鉴定可靠性和保护问题。