Abietinella operculata (Jaderholm 1903)
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Lafoeidae
- genus
- Abietinella
- species
- Abietinella operculata
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Species reported at depths from 63 (Peña Cantero & García Carrascosa 1993) to 1658 m (Peña Cantero in press); present material from 236 to 416 m. Species with Antarctic-Patagonian distribution (Stepanjants 1979).
description
(Fig. 6 l – m)
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XV / 3: 48 - 197, one colony, c. 45 mm high; 48 - 220, one colony, c. 65 mm high; ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 174, one colony, c. 60 mm high, PS 65 / 175, one colony, c. 130 mm high.