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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Oswaldella herwigi
El Beshbeeshy, 2011
Oswaldella herwigi
El Beshbeeshy, 1991
: 259
–265, figure 66 (
nomen nudum
); 2011: 197–201, fig. 66; Peña Cantero
et al
., 1997: 344;
Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998
: 179
; 1999: 214;
Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1998
: 36
; 2004: 835–837, fig. 10;
Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999
: 85
.
Ecology.
Eurybathic species, found at depths between 44 (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004
) and
1000 m
(
El Beshbeeshy 2011
). Epibiotic on hydroids (
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004
).
Distribution.
Endemic to the Patagonian region (
El Beshbeeshy 2011
), found on the Patagonian shelf and slope (
El Beshbeeshy 2011
) and off the western mouth of the Strait of Magellan and the
Falkland Islands
(
Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004
).