Oswaldella erratum Pena Cantero & Vervoort 1997
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Kirchenpaueriidae
- genus
- Oswaldella
- species
- Oswaldella erratum
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Species previously found at depths between 55 (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004) and 696 m (Peña Cantero et al. 1997 a); present material between 166 and 417 m. West Antarctic distribution (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004).
description
(Fig. 16 a – e)
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XV / 3: 48 - 4, few stems, up to 80 mm high, on gravel, with developing gonothecae; 48 - 50, few stems, up to 100 mm high, with developing gonothecae; 48 - 58, few stems, up to 90 mm high, with developing gonothecae; 48 - 168, few stems, up to 60 mm high, with developing gonothecae; 48 - 197, few stems, up to 45 mm high; 48 - 222, few stems, up to 55 mm high, with developing gonothecae; 48 - 276, few stems, up to 95 mm high, with developing gonothecae; ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 39, few stems, up to 70 mm high, with gonothecae; PS 65 / 121, several stems, up to 100 mm high, with developing gonothecae; PS 65 / 132, several stems, up to 205 mm high, some on polychaete tube; PS 65 / 148, few stems, up to 75 mm high, on gravel; PS 65 / 166, several stems, up to 160 mm high; PS 65 / 174, several stems, up to 170 mm high; PS 65 / 175, several stems, up to 120 mm high; PS 65 / 237, several stems, up to 120 mm high, with gonothecae; PS 65 / 274, several stems, up to 150 mm high; PS 65 / 280, several stems, up to 140 mm high; PS 65 / 336, one stem, c. 20 mm high.