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
2608527
EF369E98-EBD9-4647-B081-65AD1794A27C
Symplectoscyphus cumberlandicus
(Jädherholm, 1905)
(
Fig. 11b
,
12b
)
Material examined.
ANT XVII/3
:
111-7
, several stems, up to
35 mm
high, on
O. terranovae
, with gonothecae;
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/281
, some stems, up to
60 mm
high, on
O. terranovae
and gravel, with developing gonothecae.
Ecology and distribution.
Reported at depths from 8 (
Naumov & Stepanjants 1972, as
Sertularella
cumberlandica
) to
540 m
(
Peña Cantero 2012
); present material collected at
67–
82 m
. Species widely distributed in Antarctic waters, with circum-Antarctic distribution (
Peña Cantero
et al.
2002
), but previously not documented from the Weddell Sea.