Symplectoscyphus anae Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 2002
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica) collected by the New Zealand Antarctic expedition BioRoss 2004 with RV Tangaroa
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Sertulariidae
- genus
- Symplectoscyphus
- species
- Symplectoscyphus anae
description
Symplectoscyphus anae — Peña Cantero, 2010 a: 35 (synonymy); 2013: 131 – 132, fig. 4 A; 2014 a: 1723 – 1724, fig. 6 a.
materials_examined
Material examined. Stn 63, three stems up to 7 mm high (MNCN 2.03 / 633); Stn 67, several stems up to 20 mm high on Staurotheca nonscripta (NIWA 117572); Stn 126, several stems up to 5 mm high on Staurotheca densa (MNCN 2.03 / 634); Stn 130, few stems up to 6 mm high on Staurotheca densa (NIWA 117573). Ecology and distribution. Shelf species (Peña Cantero 2010 a) collected at depths from 20 (Naumov & Stepanjants 1972) to 640 m (Peña Cantero et al. 2002); present material from 120 to 312 m, epibiotic on Staurotheca densa and S. nonscripta. Circum-Antarctic species (Peña Cantero et al. 2002). Recently reported from off Low Island (Peña Cantero 2013), in West Antarctica, and off Queen Mary Coast (Peña Cantero 2014 a), in East Antarctica. See Peña Cantero (2010 a) for previous records. Present material is the first record from the Ross Sea, collected off Cape Adare and Cape Hallet.