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Symplectoscyphus vanhoeffeni Totton 1930

Description

Symplectoscyphus vanhoeffeni Totton, 1930

(Fig. 2 X–Z)

Symplectoscyphus vanhoeffeni — Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 2002: 1556, fig. 15.

Material examined. Stn. SHO — 07.ii.2011, Ant.06/2011 (6 m): numerous fertile stems, up to 2.5 cm high (MHNG-INVE-79775); 19.ii.2011, Ant.01/2011 (6 m): a fragmentary colony composed of numerous stems, up to 1.5 cm high, a single broken gonotheca. Stn. ARD — 15.ii.2010, Ant.12/2010 (10–15 m): numerous sterile stems, up to 3 cm high, on seaweed.

Remarks. A redescription and a lengthy synonymy are given in Peña Cantero et al. (2002). The sterile sample Ant.12/2010 (Fig. 2 Y) was compared to the fertile material Ant.06/2011 (Fig. 2 X, Z) and proved morphologically identical.

Geographical distribution. Circum-Antarctic (Peña Cantero et al. 2002).

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R. & Schories, Dirk, 2012, Some hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from King George Island, Antarctica, pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 3321 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213236

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References

  • Totton, A. K. (1930) Coelenterata. Part V. Hydroida. Natural History Report of the British Antarctic (" Terra Nova ") Expedition, 1910. Zoology, 5 (5), 131 - 252.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L., Svoboda, A. & Vervoort, W. (2002) Species of Symplectoscyphus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Sertulariidae) from recent Antarctic expeditions with R. V. Polarstern, with the description of four new species. Journal of Natural History, 36, 1509 - 1568.