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Oswaldella incognita Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 1997

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Oswaldella incognita Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997

Oswaldella incognita Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997: 367 –369, fig. 8; Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1998: 36; 2004: 837–839, fig. 11; 2009: 86; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1999: 212 et seq.; Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999: 85; Peña Cantero, 2006: 938, fig. 3E; 2008: 457; 2009: 1748, fig. 3a; 2013: 130; Peña Cantero et al., 2010: 41–57. Oswaldella antarctica — Peña Cantero, 1991: 168, pls 31, 56, pl. 68 fig. a; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1994: 125, fig. 8a–c; 1995: 96–101, figs 43A–E, 44A–F, 64E.

Ecology. Eurybathic species, found at depths between 20 (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2009) and 952 m (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004). Epilithic on gravel (Peña Cantero 2008). Basibiont of Lafoea dumosa (Peña Cantero 2006). Gonothecae: January (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 1995; Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004; Peña Cantero 2013) and February (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004, 2009; Peña Cantero 2013).

Distribution. Circum-Antarctic (Peña Cantero 2009), though mainly known from West Antarctica. East Antarctica: the Balleny Islands (Peña Cantero 2009). West Antarctica: the South Shetland Islands (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 1995; Peña Cantero et al. 1997; Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004; 2009; Peña Cantero 2006, 2008), the South Orkney Islands and Palmer Archipelago (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004), off Deception Island (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004; Peña Cantero 2008), Low Island (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004; Peña Cantero 2013) and off Bransfield Island, in the Antarctic Peninsula (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2008).

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 436, 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. & 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. & Garcia Carrascosa, A. (1999) Biogeographical distribution of the benthic thecate hydroids collected during the Spanish ' Antartida 8611 ' expedition and comparison between Antarctic and Magellan benthic hydroid faunas. Scientia Marina, 63 (Supplement), 209 - 218.
  • 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. (1991) Hydrozoa Calyptoblastea del area del Arco de Escocia (Antartica) recogidos durante la campana ' Antartida 8611 '. Unpublished Tesis de Licenciatura, University of Valencia, Spain, 233, pls. 69.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Garcia Carrascosa, A. M. (1994) Hidrozoos de la campana ' Antartida 8611 '. In: Castellvi, J. (Ed.), Actas del Cuarto Simposio Espanol de Estudios Antarticos. CICYT, Madrid, pp. 117 - 140.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (2009) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the Bransfield Strait area (Antarctica) collected by Brazilian expeditions, with the description of a new species. Polar Biology, 32, 83 - 92. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 008 - 0506 - 0
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