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).