Symplectoscyphus frigidus Pena Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort 2002
- 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 frigidus
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Previously documented at depths from 86 [Broch 1948, as Sertularella (Symplectoscyphus) glacialis] to 402 m (Peña Cantero et al. 2002); present material collected between 253 and 338 m. West-Antarctic distribution (Peña Cantero et al. 2002).
description
(Fig. 11 e)
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 166, few stems, up to 15 mm high.