Halecium incertus Naumov & Stepanjants 1962
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Haleciidae
- genus
- Halecium
- species
- Halecium incertus
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. In Antarctic waters, reported at depths from 15 (Stepanjants 1979) to 527 m (Peña Cantero 2014 a); present material at 268 – 287 m. Species with Antarctic – Kerguélen distribution (Peña Cantero & Gili 2006). This new report constitutes the first evidence from both the Weddell Sea and West Antarctica.
description
(Fig. 13 f – g, 14 a)
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 121, one colony, c. 220 mm high, on gravel, with female gonothecae; PS 65 / 248, one colony, c. 260 mm high, on stone, with female gonothecae.