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Symplectoscyphus curvatus

Description

Symplectoscyphus curvatus (Jäderholm, 1917)

(Fig. 11c, 12c)

Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-44, several stems, up to 30 mm high, with gonothecae; 48-77, few stems, up to 5 mm high, on H. jaederholmi; 48-168, few stems, up to 66 mm high, with gonothecae; 48-222; several stems, up to 25 mm high, with gonothecae; ANT XXI/2: PS65/121, few stems, up to 30 mm high, on Sc. nana; PS65/237, few stems, up to 9 mm high; PS65/248, one colony, up to 45 mm high, on octocoral, with developing gonothecae; PS65/281, few stems, up to 15 mm high.

Ecology and distribution. Previously known from 49 (Peña Cantero 2008) to 2043 m (Peña Cantero 2012); present material found between 82 and 360 m. Circum-Antarctic species (Stepanjants 1979).

Notes

Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sertulariidae
Genus
Symplectoscyphus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Leptothecata
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Jaderholm
Species
curvatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Symplectoscyphus curvatus (Jaderholm, 1917) sec. Soto & Peña, 2019

References

  • Jaderholm, E. (1917) Hydroids from the South Seas. Redogorelse for Norrkopings Hogre Allmanna Laroverk Lasaret, 1916 - 1917, 1 - 25.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. (2008) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the Spanish Antarctic expedition Bentart 95. Polar Biology, 31, 451 - 464. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 007 - 0371 - 2
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. (2012) Filling biodiversity gaps: benthic hydroids from the Bellingshausen Sea (Antarctica). Polar Biology, 35, 851 - 865. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 011 - 1130 - y
  • Stepanjants, S. D. (1979) Hydroids of the antarctic and subantarctic waters. In: Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 6. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei, 20, 1 - 200. [in Russian]