Symplectoscyphus cumberlandicus (Jadherholm 1905)
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Sertulariidae
- genus
- Symplectoscyphus
- species
- Symplectoscyphus cumberlandicus
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Reported at depths from 8 (Naumov & Stepanjants 1972, as Sertularella cumberlandica) to 540 m (Peña Cantero 2012); present material collected at 67 – 82 m. Species widely distributed in Antarctic waters, with circum-Antarctic distribution (Peña Cantero et al. 2002), but previously not documented from the Weddell Sea.
description
(Fig. 11 b, 12 b)
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XVII / 3: 111 - 7, several stems, up to 35 mm high, on O. terranovae, with gonothecae; ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 281, some stems, up to 60 mm high, on O. terranovae and gravel, with developing gonothecae.