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Antarctoscyphus spiralis Hickson & Gravely 1907

Description

Antarctoscyphus spiralis (Hickson & Gravely, 1907)

(Fig. 2 N–P)

Sertularella spiralis — Totton, 1930: 197, fig. 44B–D, pl. 1 fig. 7, pl. 3 fig. 5.

Material examined. Stn. RAS — 19.ii.2010, Ant.02/2010 (43 m): two stems, 6 and 12 cm high, respectively, the former is sterile, the latter bears numerous male gonothecae, both on bryozoan host (MHNG-INVE-79791); Ant.04/2010 (43 m): several stems ca. 9 cm high, some bearing male gonothecae, on bryozoan (MHNG-INVE- 79792); Ant.11/2010 (43 m): colony composed of several stems, up to 9 cm high, richly bearing male gonothecae (MHNG-INVE-79790).

Remarks. For a description of this species, we refer to Totton (1930).

Geographical distribution. See Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort (1999).

Notes

Published as part of Galea, Horia R. & Schories, Dirk, 2012, Some hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from King George Island, Antarctica, pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 3321 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213236

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References

  • Hickson, S. J. & Gravely, F. H. (1907) Hydroid zoophytes. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901 - 1904, Natural History, 3, 1 - 34.
  • Totton, A. K. (1930) Coelenterata. Part V. Hydroida. Natural History Report of the British Antarctic (" Terra Nova ") Expedition, 1910. Zoology, 5 (5), 131 - 252.
  • Pena Cantero A. L., Svoboda, A. & Vervoort, W. (1999) Species of Antarctoscyphus Pena Cantero, Garcia Carrascosa and Vervoort, 1997 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Sertulariidae) from recent Antarctic expeditions with R. V. Polarstern, with the description of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 33, 1739 - 1765.