Symplectoscyphus nesioticus Blanco, 1977 b

Symplectoscyphus nesioticus Blanco 1977 b: 4; 1994: 204; Peña Cantero et al. 2002: 1549 –1550, fig. 11 E, G; Peña Cantero 2006: 943–944, fig. 4 J, K; 2010: 770, fig. 5 e.

Ecology. Shelf species, collected at depths from 56 (Peña Cantero 2006) to 522 m (Peña Cantero et al. 2002). Epibiotic on bryozoans (Blanco 1977 b; Peña Cantero 2006; 2010) and hydroids (Blanco 1977 b; Peña Cantero et al. 2002). Gonothecae: February (Peña Cantero 2006).

Distribution. West-Antarctic: Low Island (Blanco 1977 b) and Livingston Island (Peña Cantero 2006), in the South Shetland Islands region, Peter I Island (Peña Cantero 2010) and the east coast of the Weddell Sea (Peña Cantero et al. 2002).