Additions to knowledge of the biodiversity of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica)
Author
Peña Cantero, Álvaro L.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-04
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journal article
6521
10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.4
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Halecium exaggeratum
Peña Cantero, Boero & Piraino, 2013
(
Fig. 2C
)
Material examined. TAN 0102/K0809
, a few stems up to
10 mm
high, with putative male gonothecae, on tube of benthic organism (
NIWA
144358).
Measurements (in µm).
Hydrotheca
: diameter at aperture 190–200, diameter at diaphragm 125, height 50.
Hydrophore
: adcauline length 300.
Remarks.
The relatively long hydrophore and the shape and size of the hydrotheca allow a certain identification. It is worth mentioning the occasional presence of a pseudodiaphragm, faintly visible in stained material (
Fig. 2C
).
Ecology and distribution.
The material, which represents the first record from the Balleny Islands, was collected at a depth of
292 m
, off Young Island. Gonothecae present in March.