Abietinella operculata (Jaderholm 1903)
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from off George V Coast (East Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Lafoeidae
- genus
- Abietinella
- species
- Abietinella operculata
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Present material collected at depths between 325 and 409 m. Antarctic-Patagonian distribution (Stepanjants 1979).
description
Abietinella operculata — Marques et al., 2005: 1443 – 1450 (synonymy).
discussion
Remarks. Well-known species that does not need further comment. See Marques et al. (2005) for an eXtensive description of the species and a wide discussion about the genus.
materials_examined
Material examined. 48 EV 194, a stem up to 63 mm high and a partially stolonal colony, on S. glacialis (IK – 2012 – 10437) and a partially stolonal colony (IK – 2012 – 10435).