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Oswaldella blanconae El Beshbeeshy 1991

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Oswaldella blanconae El Beshbeeshy, 1991

Oswaldella blanconae El Beshbeeshy, 1991: 263, 265; Peña Cantero et al., 1997: 344; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998: 179; 1999: 214; Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1998: 36; 2004: 820–822, fig. 3; Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999: 85. Oswaldella antarctica — Blanco, 1984: 41, pl. 38 figs 86–88.

Ecology. Shelf species, collected at depths from 90 (Blanco 1984) to 351 m (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004).

Distribution. Circum-Antarctic (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004). West Antarctica: off Low Island (Blanco 1984). East Antarctica: east of Cape Hallett, Victoria Land, Ross Sea region (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004).

Notes

Published as part of Molinero, A. González & Peña Cantero, A. L., 2015, SEM study of species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Kirchenpaueriidae), with an annotated checklist of the species of the genus, pp. 401-441 in Zootaxa 4052 (4) on page 433, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245887

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References

  • El Beshbeeshy, M. (1991) Systematische, Morphologische und Zoogeographische Untersuchungen an den Thekaten Hydroiden des Patagonischen Schelfs. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 390 pp.
  • 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, 232, 175 - 180.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (1998) On two new species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Bransfield Strait (Antarctica). Polar Biology, 20, 33 - 40. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 003000050273
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Marques, A. C. (1999) Phylogenetic analysis of the Antarctic genus Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Hydrozoa, Leptomedusae, Kirchenpaueriidae). Contributions to Zoology, 68, 83 - 93.
  • Blanco, O. M. (1984) Contribucion al conocimiento de hidrozoos antarticos y subantarticos. Contribuciones del Instituto antartico argentino, 294, 1 - 53, pls. 1 - 47.
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (2004) Species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Kirchenpaueriidae) from US Antarctic expeditions, with the description of three new species. Journal of Natural History, 38, 805 - 861. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 0022293021000045154