Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
Author
Soto, Joan J.
Author
Peña, Álvaro L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-22
4570
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1
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1175-5326
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Halecium incertus
Naumov & Stepanjants, 1962
(
Fig. 13
f–g, 14a)
Material examined.
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/121
, one colony, c.
220 mm
high, on gravel, with female gonothecae;
PS65/248
, one colony, c.
260 mm
high, on stone, with female gonothecae.
Ecology and distribution.
In Antarctic waters, reported at depths from 15 (
Stepanjants 1979
) to
527 m
(
Peña Cantero 2014a
); present material at
268–
287 m
. Species with Antarctic–Kerguélen distribution (
Peña Cantero & Gili 2006
). This new report constitutes the first evidence from both the Weddell Sea and West
Antarctica
.