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Oswaldella incognita Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 1997

Description

Oswaldella incognita Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997

Oswaldella incognita — Peña Cantero, 2009: 1748–1749, fig. 3a.

Material examined. TAN 0102/K0809, one stem 120 mm high, with gonothecae (NIWA 144358); TAN 0602/430, one stem 90 mm high, with only a few hydrocladia left, in bad condition (NIWA 144253), one stem 200 mm high, with gonothecae (NIWA 144250) and one stem 110 mm high, with just a few hydrocladia left (NIWA 144249); TAN 0602/436, one stem 80 mm high, with one gonotheca (NIWA 144257).

Ecology and distribution. Previously known off Buckle Island, from depths between 70 and 584 m (Peña Cantero 2009). The material studied here was collected at depths from 70 to 292 m off Young and Buckle islands; gonothecae found in material collected in March.

Notes

Published as part of Peña Cantero, Álvaro L., 2021, Additions to knowledge of the biodiversity of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica), pp. 321-336 in Zootaxa 4966 (3) on page 331, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4736691

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References

  • Pena Cantero, A. L. (2009) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Balleny Islands (Antarctica). Polar Biology, 32, 1743 - 1751. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 009 - 0673 - 7