Lafoea dumosa (Fleming 1820)
- Dataset
- Additions to knowledge of the biodiversity of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Lafoeidae
- genus
- Lafoea
- species
- Lafoea dumosa
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. The material, which represents the first record of the species for the Balleny Islands, was collected at a depth of 140 − 150 m off Buckle Island.
description
(Fig. 1 D)
discussion
Remarks. The present material agrees with that frequently reported in Antarctic waters. The hydrotheca, provided with a ringed pedicel, is roughly 700 µm high and 150 µm in diameter at aperture. The isorhizas are around 22 x 9 µm, coinciding with one of the two morphotypes found by Schuchert (2001) in relation to the size of the isorhizas.
materials_examined
Material examined. TAN 0602 / 442, a 12 - mm-high stem (NIWA 144244).
Name
- Homonyms
- Lafoea dumosa (Fleming 1820)