Obelia bidentata Clark 1875
- Dataset
- Additions to knowledge of the biodiversity of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Campanulariidae
- genus
- Obelia
- species
- Obelia bidentata
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Obelia bidentata had been collected at depths between 85 and 117 m (Peña Cantero 2009) off Sturge and Buckle islands, epibiotic on H. incertus and in turn as basibiont for colonies of Filellum sp. and L. longitheca. Present material found at a depth of 103 − 108 m off Sturge Island, growing on S. compressa.
materials_examined
Material examined. TAN 0602 / 420, two stems up to 10 mm high, on S. compressa (NIWA 144251).
Name
- Homonyms
- Obelia bidentata Clark 1875