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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Schizotricha glacialis
(
Hickson & Gravely, 1907
)
(
Fig. 15
b–c)
Material examined.
ANT XV/3
:
48-353
, one colony, c.
90 mm
high, with gonothecae.
Ecology and distribution.
Rare species, only reported twice: from its
type
locality in the Ross Sea at a depth of
180 m
(
Hickson & Gravely 1907, as
Plumularia glacialis
), and from the eastern part of the Weddell Sea, at a depth of
620–640 m
(Peña Cantero
et al.
1996); present material collected at
129–
132 m
. Probably a circum- Antarctic species. Present finding constitutes the third record of the species and the first evidence from the South
Shetland Islands
.