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Halecium incertus Naumov & Stepanjants 1962

Description

Halecium incertus Naumov & Stepanjants, 1962

(Fig. 13 f–g, 14a)

Material examined. ANT XXI/2: PS65/121, one colony, c. 220 mm high, on gravel, with female gonothecae; PS65/248, one colony, c. 260 mm high, on stone, with female gonothecae.

Ecology and distribution. In Antarctic waters, reported at depths from 15 (Stepanjants 1979) to 527 m (Peña Cantero 2014a); present material at 268– 287 m. Species with Antarctic–Kerguélen distribution (Peña Cantero & Gili 2006). This new report constitutes the first evidence from both the Weddell Sea and West Antarctica.

Notes

Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Haleciidae
Genus
Halecium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Leptothecata
Phylum
Cnidaria
Scientific name authorship
Naumov & Stepanjants
Species
incertus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Halecium incertus Naumov, 1962 sec. Soto & Peña, 2019

References

  • Naumov, D. V. & Stepanjants, S. D. (1962) Hydroida (Thecaphora) collected by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition on the M / V Ob in antarctic and subantarctic waters. In: Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1955 - 1958, 1. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei, 1, 68 - 106.
  • Stepanjants, S. D. (1979) Hydroids of the antarctic and subantarctic waters. In: Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 6. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei, 20, 1 - 200. [in Russian]
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. (2014 a) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the continental shelf and slope off Queen Mary Coast (East Antarctica). Polar Biology, 37, 1711 - 1731. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 014 - 1556 - 0
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Gili, J. M. (2006) Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from off Bouvet Island (Antarctic Ocean). Polar Biology, 29, 764 - 771. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00300 - 006 - 0113 - x