Eudendrium generale von Lendenfeld 1885
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica) collected by the New Zealand Antarctic expedition BioRoss 2004 with RV Tangaroa
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Anthoathecata
- family
- Eudendriidae
- genus
- Eudendrium
- species
- Eudendrium generale
discussion
Remarks. The polyps are red and small and their tentacles have a thorny appearance. The cnidome consists of larger (12 – 13 x 6 – 7 µm) and smaller (6.5 – 7 x 3 µm) microbasic euryteles. Ecology and distribution. In Antarctic waters, a shelf species found at depths between 10 (Puce et al. 2002) and 702 m (Peña Cantero 2009); present material at 536 m, epilithic on gravel. Epibiont on polychaete tube and sponge (Soto Àngel & Peña Cantero 2015) and basibiont for other hydroids (Peña Cantero 2009; Peña Cantero et al. 2013). Gonophores in January (Puce et al. 2002), December (Peña Cantero et al. 2013) and April (Soto Àngel & Peña Cantero 2015). Species with an Australian-Antarctic distribution (Peña Cantero 2009). In Antarctic waters known from Tethys Bay in the Ross Sea (Puce et al. 2002; Peña Cantero et al. 2013) and the Balleny Islands (Peña Cantero 2009), in East Antarctica, and from the South Sandwich Islands and the Discovery Bank (Soto Àngel & Peña Cantero 2015), in West Antarctica. Present material from off Cape Adare.
materials_examined
Material examined. Stn 102, one colony with few stems, up to 5 mm high, on gravel (NIWA 117478).