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Published December 31, 2014 | Version v1
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Staurotheca jaederholmi Stechow 1920

Description

Staurotheca jaederholmi Stechow, 1920

(Plate 3F; Fig. 8 I, J)

Material examined. HF13, NE of Canal Adalberto, lat. -48.6875, long. -74.5229, 19.iii.2012, 22.6 m, sample C157: fragmentary fertile colony, largest fragment 8.5 cm high (MHNG-INVE-86253); 19.iii.2012, 22 m, sample C158: a fragmentary fertile colony, largest fragment 15 cm high (MHNG-INVE-86254).

Remarks. For a description of this species and its synonymy, refer to Peña Cantero & Vervoort (2003).

Distribution in Chile. This species occurs from Guaitecas Islands in the North (Jäderholm 1904), to the Strait of Magellan in the South (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003).

World records. Occurs on the Patagonian Shelf (Blanco 1981, El Beshbeeshy 2011, both as Selaginopsis dichotoma Jäderholm, 1904), as well as in the western Antarctica (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003).

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R., Schories, Dirk, Försterra, Günter & Häussermann, Verena, 2014, New species and new records of hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Chile, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 3852 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286956

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References

  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (2003) Species of Staurotheca Allman, 1888 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from US Antarctic expeditions, with the description of three new species. Journal of Natural History, 37, 2653 - 2722. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930210155701
  • Jaderholm, E. (1904) Mitteilungen ueber einige von der Schwedischen Antarctic-Expedition 1901 - 1903 eingesammelte Hydroiden. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, 4 (3), 1 - 14.
  • Blanco, O. M. (1981) Nota sobre hidroideos del mar argentino. Revista del Museo de La Plata, 12 (125), 273 - 280.
  • El Beshbeeshy, M. (2011) Thecate hydroids from the Patagonian shelf (Coelenterata, Hydrozoa, Thecata). G. Jarms (Ed.).