Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica) collected by the New Zealand Antarctic expedition BioRoss 2004 with RV Tangaroa
Author
ÁLVARO L. PEÑA CANTERO
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-07-14
4293
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4293.1.1
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Orthopyxis frigida
Stechow, 1923
(*)
Campanularia everta
—
Hickson & Gravely, 1907
: 24
–25.
Orthopyxis frigida
Stechow, 1923a
: 104
; 1923b: 107.
Remarks.
Hickson & Gravely (1907)
assigned to
Orthopyxis everta
(
Clark, 1877
)
material from McMurdo Sound. However, the presence of this species in Antarctic waters is uncertain.
Hickson & Gravely (1907: 25)
themselves indicated “we have some hesitation in assigning these specimens to the species
C. everta
of Clark, as they differ in many respects from the original description of the type”. In fact,
Vervoort (1972a)
and
Blanco (1976)
excluded from this species the specimens described by
Hickson & Gravely (1907: 24)
.
Stechow (1923a)
considered highly unlikely that
Orthopyxis everta
occurs in Antarctic waters and concluded that the material studied by
Hickson & Gravely (1907)
actually represented a new species, which he named
Orthopyxis frigida
.