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Oswaldella tottoni Pena Cantero & Vervoort 1996

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Oswaldella tottoni Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1996

Oswaldella tottoni Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1996: 139 –142, fig. 2; 1998: 37; 2004: 850; Peña Cantero et al., 1997: 380–383, fig. 12; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998: 179; 1999: 214; Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999: 85. Oswaldella bifurca — Totton, 1930: 208 –209, fig. 50.

Ecology. Shelf species (Peña Cantero et al. 1997), found at depths between 256 (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 1996) and 400 m (Peña Cantero et al. 1997) on muddy bottoms (Totton 1930).

Distribution. Circum-Antarctic (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004). East Antarctica: McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 1996). West Antarctica: east coast of the Weddell Sea (Peña Cantero et al. 1997).

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 439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245887

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References

  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (1996) On two new species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919: O. terranovae spec. nov. and O. tottoni spec. nov. (Cnidaria Hydrozoa) (Notes on Antarctic hydroids, III). Zoologische Mededelingen, 70, 135 - 143.
  • 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. & Marques, A. C. (1999) Phylogenetic analysis of the Antarctic genus Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Hydrozoa, Leptomedusae, Kirchenpaueriidae). Contributions to Zoology, 68, 83 - 93.
  • Totton, A. K. (1930) Coelenterata. Part V. Hydroida. Natural History Report, British Antarctic (' Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910, Zoology, 5 (5), 131 - 252, pls. 1 - 3.
  • 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