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
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10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1
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1175-5326
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Lafoeina longitheca
Jäderholm, 1904
(
Fig. 7a
)
Material examined.
ANT XV/3
:
48-77
, few hydrothecae, on
Halecium pseudodelicatulum
Peña Cantero, 2014
;
ANT XVII/3
:
111-5
, several hydrothecae, on
L. dumosa
and
O. terranovae
, with gonothecae;
111-9
, numerous hydrothecae, on
O. terranovae
,
T. longstaffi
and polychaete tube;
111-18
, numerous hydrothecae, on
C. hicksoni
,
H. interpolatum
,
O. terranovae
,
Sc. nana
and undeterminate hydrorhiza;
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/251
, numerous hydrothecae, on
O. terranovae
;
PS65/281
, several hydrothecae, on
B. subrufa
and
Sy. cumberlandicus
.
Ecology and distribution.
Species reported at depths from five (
Stepanjants 1979
) to
701 m
(
Peña Cantero 2014a
); present material comes from
62 to
360 m
. Pan-Antarctic species (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2009
).