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
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EF369E98-EBD9-4647-B081-65AD1794A27C
Filellum
sp.
Material examined.
ANT XV/3
:
48-4
, some hydrothecae, on
E. generale
;
48-5
, some hydrothecae, on sponge;
48- 27
, numerous hydrothecae, on
E. generale
,
Halecium exaggeratum
Peña Cantero, Boero & Piraino, 2013
and
S. lobata
;
48-44
, several hydrothecae, on
Halecium banzare
Watson, 2008
,
S. lobata
and
Sy. exochus
;
48-50
, several hydrothecae, on
C. hicksoni
and
Sc. nana
;
48-77
, numerous hydrothecae, on
Halecium jaederholmi
Vervoort, 1972
;
48-168
, some hydrothecae, on
Sy. exochus
;
48-194
, numerous hydrothecae, on
Sc. nana
;
48-220
, some hydrothecae, on
C. hicksoni
,
H. interpolatum
and
Symplectoscyphus liouvillei
(
Billard, 1914
)
;
48-222
, numerous hydrothecae, on
Sc. nana
and
Sy. weddelli
;
48-223
, numerous hydrothecae, on
Sc. nana
and
Symplectoscyphus plectilis
(
Hickson & Gravely, 1907
)
;
48-276
, some hydrothecae, on
Halecium
cf.
antarcticum
and
Sy. weddelli
;
ANT XVII/3
:
111-9
, few hydrothecae, on
R. antarcticum
;
111-19
, numerous hydrothecae, on
H. interpolatum
,
L. dumosa
,
R. antarcticum
,
Sc. unifurcata
,
Sy. exochus
,
Symplectoscyphus naumovi
Blanco, 1969
and
Sy. weddelli
;
ANT XXI/2
:
PS65/39
, numerous hydrothecae, on
C. hicksoni
,
Sc. nana
,
St. glomulosa
,
S. lobata
,
Sy. exochus
,
Sy. glacialis
and
Sy. plectilis
;
PS65/121
, numerous hydrothecae, on
Sy. glacialis
,
Sy. plectilis
and the hydrorhiza of an undetermined hydroid;
PS65/132
, numerous hydrothecae, on
O. erratum
;
PS65/166
, several hydrothecae, on
Sy. exochus
;
PS65/174
, several hydrothecae, on
Sy. exochus
;
PS65/175
, numerous hydrothecae, on
S. lobata
and
Sy. naumovi
;
PS65/237
, several hydrothecae, on
Sy. exochus
,
Sy. glacialis
and
Sy. weddelli
;
PS65/248
, numerous hydrothecae, on
H. incertus
,
Sy. curvatus
,
Sy. glacialis
,
Sy. plectilis
and octocoral;
PS65/253
, several hydrothecae, on
S. lobata
;
PS65/265
, several hydrothecae, on
Sy. glacialis
;
PS65/274
, some hydrothecae, on
St. nonscripta
and
Sy. plectilis
;
PS65/276
, several hydrotheca on
Sy. exochus
and
Sy. vanhoeffeni
;
PS65/278
, several hydrothecae, on
H. secundum
,
L. dumosa
and sponge;
PS65/292
, numerous hydrothecae, on
Staurotheca antarctica
Hartlaub, 1904
and
St. nonscripta
.
Remarks.
Material included here comprises a huge amount of small-sized hydrothecae, with 100-150 µm in diameter of aperture, and provided with striae. The material could correspond, at least in part, to
F. antarcticum
. However, in agreement with Peña Cantero
et al.
(2004) and
Marques
et al.
(2011)
, the small-sized
Filellum
from Antarctic waters are not identifiable in the absence of coppinia, and therefore it precludes a proper identification of material examined here.
Ecology and distribution.
Material examined was collected at depths between 62 and
598 m
.