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Oswaldella vervoorti Pena Cantero & Garcia Carrascosa 1998

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Oswaldella vervoorti Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998

Oswaldella vervoorti Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998: 175 –179, fig. 1; 1999: 214; Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 2004: 851 –852, fig. 16; Peña Cantero, 2006: 938, fig. 3F, G; 2008: 457; Peña Cantero & Gili, 2006: 767.

? Oswaldella spec. 2 Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1995: 336–339, fig. 3; Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999: 85.

Ecology. Eurybathic species, collected at depths from 44 to 952 m (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004), on muddy bottoms (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 1998). Epibiotic on ascidians (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 1998) and hydrozoans (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004). Gonothecae: January (Peña Cantero 2008) and February (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004; Peña Cantero 2006).

Distribution. West Antarctic (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004), known from the South Shetland Islands (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 1998; Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004; Peña Cantero 2006, 2008), the South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula and Palmer Archipelago (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004), and off Bouvet Island (Peña Cantero & Gili 2006).

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. & 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. (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
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Gili, J. M. (2006) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from off Bouvet Island (Antarctic Ocean). Polar Biology, 29, 764 - 771. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 006 - 0113 - x
  • 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. (2008) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the Spanish Antarctic expedition Bentart 95. Polar Biology, 31, 451 - 464. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 007 - 0371 - 2