Additions to knowledge of the biodiversity of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica)
Author
Peña Cantero, Álvaro L.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-04
4966
3
321
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journal article
6521
10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.4
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1175-5326
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Lafoea dumosa
(
Fleming, 1820
)
(
Fig. 1D
)
Material examined. TAN 0602/442
, a 12-mm-high stem (
NIWA
144244).
Remarks.
The present material agrees with that frequently reported in Antarctic waters. The hydrotheca, provided with a ringed pedicel, is roughly
700 µm
high and
150 µm
in diameter at aperture. The isorhizas are around 22 x
9 µm
, coinciding with one of the two morphotypes found by
Schuchert (2001)
in relation to the size of the isorhizas.
Ecology and distribution.
The material, which represents the first record of the species for the Balleny Islands, was collected at a depth of
140−150 m
off Buckle Island.