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Oswaldella vervoorti Pena Cantero & Garcia Carrascosa 1998

Description

Oswaldella vervoorti Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998

(Fig. 3D–F)

Oswaldella vervoorti — Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998: 175, fig. 1.

Material examined. Stn. SUF — 30.i.2011, Ant.27/2011 (15–20 m): two stems, 6 and 7.5 mm high, both bearing immature (presumably male) gonothecae. Stn. SHO — 06.ii.2011, Ant.29/2011 (33 m): a few stems, up to 9 cm high, richly bearing male gonothecae, as well as numerous broken cladia (MHNG-INVE-79796).

Remarks. For a description of this species, we refer to Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa (1998). Geographical distribution. Summarized by Peña Cantero & Gili (2006).

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 page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213236

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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, Leiden, 323, 175 - 180.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Gili, J. M. (2006) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from off Bouvet Island (Antarctic Ocean). Polar Biology, 29, 764 - 771.