Thouarella (Thouarella) antarctica (Valenciennes 1846)
- Dataset
- Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Alcyonacea
- family
- Primnoidae
- genus
- Thouarella
- species
- Thouarella antarctica
discussion
Remarks: Synonyms at the area: Primnoa antarctica Valenciennes, 1846. Not Thouarella antarctica Hickson 1907 (= unknown), Thouarella (Parathouarella) antarctica Kükenthal 1915. Not Thouarella (Euthouarella) antarctica Broch 1965 (= T. pendulina); Not Thouarella antarctica Cairns & Bayer 2009 (= T. chilensis). Taylor et al. (2013) pointed that an unseen sample was described from Crozet Island at 1005 m by Wright & Studer (1889), so the bathymetric and geographic ranges may be extended.
distribution
Distribution: Malvinas region (53 ˚ 00 ’ S, 60 ˚ 00 ’ W, 375 m; 51 ° 55 ’ S, 61 ° 50 ’ W, 200 m); off Staten Island (53 ° 56 ’ S, 63 ° 40 ’ W, 400 m, 54 ° 34 ’ S, 64 ° W, 84 m); off Patagonia (46 ° 54 ’ S, 60 ° 28 ’ W, 480 m); off Crozet Island (46 ° 53 ’ S, 51 ° 52 ’ E, 1005 m); Burdwood bank (53 ° 56 ’ S, 63 ° 40 ’ W, 400 m) (Taylor et al. 2013); Elephant Island (61 ° 15´S, 56 ° 24´W, 450 m) (Auscavitch & Waller 2017); Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula (62 ° 14 ′ 27 ′′ S, 58 ° 42 ′ 88 ′′ W, 30 – 45 m) (Song et al. 2012); Burdwood bank (128 – 607 m) (present study).
materials_examined
Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 18; St. 28; St. 40.