Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
Author
Soto, Joan J.
Author
Peña, Álvaro L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-22
4570
1
1
78
journal article
27992
10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1
66601a1e-ba16-41b2-b182-0fd80e75ccba
1175-5326
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EF369E98-EBD9-4647-B081-65AD1794A27C
Phialella belgicae
(
Hartlaub, 1904
)
(
Fig. 7d
)
Material examined.
ANT XV/3
:
48-27
, several hydrothecae, on
E. generale
,
H. exaggeratum
,
S. lobata
,
Sy. anae
and
Sy. glacialis
;
48-33
, several hydrothecae, on
C. hicksoni
and
O. terranovae
;
48-36
, some hydrothecae, on
O. terranovae
;
48-39
, several hydrothecae, on dead octocoral;
48-44
, some hydrothecae, on
A. elongatus
,
Sy. naumovi
and bryozoan;
48-50
, numerous hydrothecae, on
C. hicksoni
,
H. secundum
,
Sc. nana
and bryozoan;
48-63
, some hydrothecae, on
Staurotheca frigida
Peña Cantero,
Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997
;
48-77
, numerous hydrothecae, on
H. jaederholmi
;
48-82
, numerous hydrothecae, on
B. subrufa
,
Sy. glacialis
and
Staurotheca polarsterni
Peña Cantero,
Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997
;
48-168
, two hydrothecae, on
Sy. weddelli
;
48-220
, numerous hydrothecae and erect stems, up to
2.5 mm
high, on
C. hicksoni
,
H. interpolatum
,
Sc. nana
,
Sy. exochus
and
Sy. plectilis
;
48-276
, several hydrothecae, on
C. hicksoni
,
Halecium
cf.
antarcticum
and
Sc. nana
;
ANT XVII/3
:
111-7
, several hydrothecae, on
O. terranovae
and
Sy. cumberlandicus
;
111-9
, numerous hydrothecae, on
A. grandis
,
E. generale
,
R. antarcticum
and
T. longstaffi
;
111-19
, some hydrothecae, on
H. interpolatum
and
Tubularia
sp.1;
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/39
, some hydrothecae, on
Sc. nana
,
Sy. exochus
and polychaete tube, with gonothecae;
PS65/121
, few hydrothecae, on
Antarctoscyphus spiralis
(
Hickson & Gravely, 1907
)
;
PS65/132
, some hydrothecae, on
B. subrufa
;
PS65/175
, three hydrothecae, on
A. elongatus
;
PS65/237
, several hydrothecae, on
Halecium
cf.
antarcticum
,
Sc. nana
and
Sy. glacialis
;
PS65/248
, one hydrotheca, on indeterminate hydrorhiza;
PS65/274
, several hydrothecae, on
St. nonscripta
;
PS65/278
, few hydrothecae, on
H. secundum
and sponge;
PS65/281
, some hydrothecae, on
Sy. curvatus
;
PS65/292
, several hydrothecae, on dead octocoral and bryozoan;
PS65/336
, some hydrothecae, on
Staurotheca pachyclada
(
Jäderholm, 1904
)
.
Ecology and distribution.
Species previously reported from the low tide (
Billard 1914, as
Campanulina belgicae
) to
779 m
depth (
Peña Cantero 2014a
); present material was collected from
62 to
598 m
. Probably a Pan- Antarctic species (Peña Cantero
et al.
2013).