Aglaophenia baggins Soto Angel & Pena Cantero 2017
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Campanulariidae
- genus
- Aglaophenia
- species
- Aglaophenia baggins
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Reported at depths from 62 to 116 m. Only known for now from the Cape Norvegia region, in the Weddell Sea.
description
(Fig. 15 a)
discussion
Remarks. Recently described species, whose finding constituted the first evidence of the genus for any polar region and the first report of the family from Antarctic waters (see Soto Àngel & Peña Cantero 2017 b).
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XV / 3: 48 - 33, one cormoid, c. 42 mm high, with corbulae; 48 - 34, three cormoids, up to 45 mm high, with corbulae.