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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Staurotheca antarctica
Hartlaub, 1904
(
Fig. 9a
)
Material examined.
ANT XV/3
:
48-168
, mass of stems, c.
20 mm
high;
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/292
, one colony, c.
30 mm
high, with male gonothecae.
Ecology and distribution.
Species collected at depths between 55 (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003
) and
866 m
(Peña Cantero
in press
); present material from
228 to
598 m
. Circum-Antarctic species (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003
).