New species and new records of hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Chile
Author
Galea, Horia R.
Author
Schories, Dirk
Author
Försterra, Günter
Author
Häussermann, Verena
text
Zootaxa
2014
3852
1
1
50
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3852.1.1
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Staurotheca jaederholmi
Stechow,
1920
(Plate
3
F;
Fig.
8
I, J)
Material examined
. HF
13
, NE of Canal Adalberto, lat. -
48.6875
, long. -
74.5229
,
19
.iii.
2012
,
22.6 m
, sample C
157
: fragmentary fertile colony, largest fragment
8.5 cm
high (MHNG-INVE-
86253
);
19
.iii.2012
, 22 m, sample C
158
: a fragmentary fertile colony, largest fragment
15 cm
high (MHNG-INVE-
86254
).
Remarks
. For a description of this species and its synonymy, refer to
Peña Cantero & Vervoort (
2003
)
.
Distribution in
Chile
. This species occurs from Guaitecas Islands in the North (
Jäderholm
1904
), to the Strait of Magellan in the South (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort
2003
).
World records
. Occurs on the Patagonian Shelf (
Blanco
1981
,
El Beshbeeshy
2011
, both as
Selaginopsis dichotoma
Jäderholm,
1904
), as well as in the western
Antarctica
(
Peña Cantero & Vervoort
2003
).