Staurotheca dichotoma Allman 1888
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Sertulariidae
- genus
- Staurotheca
- species
- Staurotheca dichotoma
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Species reported at depths from 82 (Totton 1930) to 1235 m (Peña Cantero in press); present material collected between 268 and 417 m. Antarctic-Kerguélen distribution (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003).
description
(Fig. 9 b)
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XV / 3: 48 - 276, several stems, c. 30 mm high, on gravel; ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 121, mass of stems, c. 120 mm high.
Name
- Homonyms
- Staurotheca dichotoma Allman 1888