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
27992
10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1
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1175-5326
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Antarctoscyphus asymmetricus
Peña Cantero, García Carrascosa & Vervoort, 1997
(
Fig. 10a
)
Material examined.
ANT XV/3
:
48-72
, one colony, c.
65 mm
high, with developing gonothecae;
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/121
, one colony, c.
50 mm
high;
PS65/237
, one colony,
11 mm
high.
Ecology and distribution.
Previously reported at depths from 18 (Peña Cantero
et al.
2017) to
429 m
(
Peña Cantero 2008
); material examined comes from
230 to
274 m
. Circum-Antarctic species (Peña Cantero
et al.
2017); present contribution constitutes the first evidence from the Weddell Sea.