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Oswaldella obscura Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 1997

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Oswaldella obscura Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997

Oswaldella obscura Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997: 370 –373, figs 9, 15A, B; Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1998: 36; 2004: 844; Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa, 1998: 178; 1999: 214; Peña Cantero & Marques, 1999: 85.

Ecology. Shelf and slope species, found at depths from 260 to 830 m, on muddy bottoms (Peña Cantero et al. 1997). Basibiont for other hydroids (Peña Cantero et al. 1997). Gonothecae: January and February (Peña Cantero et al. 1997).

Distribution. Hitherto, considered endemic to the Weddell Sea, known from the south and east coasts (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 437, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245887

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References

  • Pena Cantero, A. L., Svoboda, A. & Vervoort, W. (1997) Species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from recent antarctic expeditions with R. V. ' Polarstern', with the description of eight new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119, 339 - 388. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1997. tb 00140. x
  • Pena Cantero, A. L. & Vervoort, W. (1998) On two new species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Bransfield Strait (Antarctica). Polar Biology, 20, 33 - 40. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 003000050273
  • 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.