Eudendrium scotti Puce, Cerrano & Bavestrello 2002
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Description
Eudendrium scotti Puce, Cerrano & Bavestrello, 2002
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Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-150, one colony, c. 80 mm high, on sponge, with male gonophores; 48-222, one stem, c. 25 mm, on Sy. weddelli, with female gonophores; ANT XXI/2: PS65/276, few stems, up to 6 mm, on St. vanhoeffeni.
Remarks. Cnidome comprising large macrobasic euryteles [range 22.0–24.5 x 9.0–10.0 µm, mean 23.3±1.1 x 9.2±0.4 µm (n=20)] and small microbasic euryteles [range 8.0–10.5 x 3.5–4.5 µm, mean 8.9±0.8 x 4.2±0.4 µm (n=18)].
Ecology and distribution. Species previously reported from depths between 10 (Puce et al. 2002) and 397 m (Peña Cantero 2017); present material between 234 and 758 m depth, considerable extending its bathymetric range. Circum-Antarctic species (Peña Cantero 2009), previously unreported from the Weddell Sea.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Eudendriidae
- Genus
- Eudendrium
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Scientific name authorship
- Puce, Cerrano & Bavestrello
- Species
- scotti
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eudendrium scotti Puce, 2002 sec. Soto & Peña, 2019
References
- Puce, S., Cerrano, C. & Bavestrello, G. (2002) Eudendrium (Cnidaria, Anthomedusae) from the Antarctic Ocean with description of two new species. Polar Biology, 25, 366 - 373. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 001 - 0353 - 8