Halecium pseudoincertus Pena Cantero 2014
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Haleciidae
- genus
- Halecium
- species
- Halecium pseudoincertus
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Reported at depths from 96 (Peña Cantero 2009, as Halecium incertus) to 1019 m (Peña Cantero 2008, as Halecium incertus); material examined at 569 – 583 m. Circum-Antarctic species (Peña Cantero 2014 b) found in rare occasions; present finding constitutes a new addition for the Weddell Sea fauna.
description
(Fig. 13 l)
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XV / 3: 48 - 154, one colony, c. 150 mm high.