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Oswaldella encarnae Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 1997

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Oswaldella encarnae Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997

Oswaldella encarnae Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997: 356 –358, figs 4, 13D; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998: 179; 1999: 214; Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1998: 36; 2004: 825–826, fig. 5; Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999: 85.

Ecology. Shelf species (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004), collected at depths between 252 (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004) and 440 m (Peña Cantero et al. 1997), on muddy bottoms (Peña Cantero et al. 1997). Gonothecae: February (Peña Cantero et al. 1997).

Distribution. Endemic to the Weddell Sea (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004), known from off the south (Peña Cantero et al. 1997; Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004) and east coasts (Peña Cantero et al. 1997).

Notes

Published as part of Molinero, A. González & Peña Cantero, A. L., 2015, SEM study of species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Kirchenpaueriidae), with an annotated checklist of the species of the genus, pp. 401-441 in Zootaxa 4052 (4) on page 434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245887

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References

  • Pena Cantero, A. L., Svoboda, A. & Vervoort, W. (1997) Species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from recent antarctic expeditions with R. V. ' Polarstern', with the description of eight new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119, 339 - 388. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1997. tb 00140. x
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Garcia Carrascosa, A. M. (1998) Oswaldella vervoorti spec. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), a new benthic hydroid from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 232, 175 - 180.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (1998) On two new species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Bransfield Strait (Antarctica). Polar Biology, 20, 33 - 40. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 003000050273
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Marques, A. C. (1999) Phylogenetic analysis of the Antarctic genus Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Hydrozoa, Leptomedusae, Kirchenpaueriidae). Contributions to Zoology, 68, 83 - 93.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (2004) Species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Kirchenpaueriidae) from US Antarctic expeditions, with the description of three new species. Journal of Natural History, 38, 805 - 861. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 0022293021000045154