Symplectoscyphus weddelli Peña Cantero et al. 2002: 1560 –1562, fig. 16.
Ecology. Shelf species, collected at depths from 119 to 390 m. On muddy and rocky bottoms. Epibiotic on uncalcifed Bryozoa, polychaete tubes and hydroids. Basibiont for colonies of other hydroids. Gonothecae: January and February ( Peña Cantero et al. 2002).
Distribution. Endemic to the Weddell Sea. Reported only along the south and east coasts of the Weddell Sea ( Peña Cantero et al. 2002).