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Symplectoscyphus weddelli Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 2002

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Symplectoscyphus weddelli Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 2002

Symplectoscyphus weddelli Peña Cantero et al. 2002: 1560 –1562, fig. 16.

Ecology. Shelf species, collected at depths from 119 to 390 m. On muddy and rocky bottoms. Epibiotic on uncalcifed Bryozoa, polychaete tubes and hydroids. Basibiont for colonies of other hydroids. Gonothecae: January and February (Peña Cantero et al. 2002).

Distribution. Endemic to the Weddell Sea. Reported only along the south and east coasts of the Weddell Sea (Peña Cantero et al. 2002).

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Published as part of Peña, Álvaro L., 2010, On a new Antarctic species of Symplectoscyphus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Sertulariidae), with an annotated checklist of the Antarctic species of the genus, pp. 29-44 in Zootaxa 2494 on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195709

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References

  • Pena Cantero, A. L., Svoboda, A. & Vervoort, W. (2002) Species of Symplectoscyphus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Sertulariidae) from recent Antarctic expeditions with R. V. Polarstern, with the description of four new species. Journal of Natural History, 36, 1509 - 1568.