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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Staurotheca glomulosa
Peña Cantero,
Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997
(
Fig. 9e
)
Material examined.
ANT XV/3
:
48-70
, mass of stems, c.
80 mm
high;
48-77
, mass of stems, c.
75 mm
high;
48- 150
, mass of stems, c.
60 mm
high, on gravel, with female gonothecae;
48-189
, mass of stems, c.
35 mm
high, with female gonothecae;
48-220
, mass of stems, c.
65 mm
high, on gravel, with female gonothecae;
ANT XVII/3
:
111- 19
, two colonies, c. 30 and
60 mm
high, with male and female gonothecae respectively;
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/39
, mass of stems, c.
80 mm
high, with male gonothecae;
PS65/245
, some stems, up to
40 mm
high;
PS65/253
, some stems, up to
20 mm
high;
PS65/274
, one colony, c.
18 mm
high, on bryozoan;
PS65/276
, few stems, c.
20 mm
high, with female gonothecae.
Ecology and distribution.
Species collected at depths between 55 (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003
) and 1157 (
Peña Cantero 2014a
); present material from
112 to
758 m
. Species with circum-Antarctic distribution (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003
).