SEM study of species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Kirchenpaueriidae), with an annotated checklist of the species of the genus
Author
Molinero, A. González
Author
Peña Cantero, A. L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4052
4
401
441
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.1
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1175-5326
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Oswaldella obscura
Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997
Oswaldella obscura
Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997
: 370
–373, figs 9, 15A, B;
Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1998
: 36
; 2004: 844;
Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998
: 178
; 1999: 214;
Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999
: 85
.
Ecology.
Shelf and slope species, found at depths from
260 to 830 m
, on muddy bottoms (Peña Cantero
et al
. 1997). Basibiont for other hydroids (Peña Cantero
et al
. 1997).
Gonothecae
: January and February (Peña Cantero
et al
. 1997).
Distribution.
Hitherto, considered endemic to the Weddell Sea, known from the south and east coasts (Peña Cantero
et al
. 1997).