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Oswaldella terranovae Pena Cantero & Vervoort 1996

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Oswaldella terranovae Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1996

Oswaldella terranovae Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1996: 136 –138, fig. 1; 1998: 37; 2004: 850; Peña Cantero et al., 1997: 344; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1999: 214; Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999: 85.

Oswaldella antarctica — Totton, 1930: 209 –210, fig. 51.

Ecology. Shelf species, found at a depth of 82–92 m, on a bottom of pebbles (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 1996). Distribution. Hitherto known only off Cape Adare, in the Ross Sea (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 1996).

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 439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245887

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References

  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (1996) On two new species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919: O. terranovae spec. nov. and O. tottoni spec. nov. (Cnidaria Hydrozoa) (Notes on Antarctic hydroids, III). Zoologische Mededelingen, 70, 135 - 143.
  • 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.
  • Totton, A. K. (1930) Coelenterata. Part V. Hydroida. Natural History Report, British Antarctic (' Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910, Zoology, 5 (5), 131 - 252, pls. 1 - 3.