Phialella belgicae (Hartlaub 1904)
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Leptothecata
- family
- Phialellidae
- genus
- Phialella
- species
- Phialella belgicae
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Species previously reported from the low tide (Billard 1914, as Campanulina belgicae) to 779 m depth (Peña Cantero 2014 a); present material was collected from 62 to 598 m. Probably a Pan- Antarctic species (Peña Cantero et al. 2013).
description
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materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XV / 3: 48 - 27, several hydrothecae, on E. generale, H. exaggeratum, S. lobata, Sy. anae and Sy. glacialis; 48 - 33, several hydrothecae, on C. hicksoni and O. terranovae; 48 - 36, some hydrothecae, on O. terranovae; 48 - 39, several hydrothecae, on dead octocoral; 48 - 44, some hydrothecae, on A. elongatus, Sy. naumovi and bryozoan; 48 - 50, numerous hydrothecae, on C. hicksoni, H. secundum, Sc. nana and bryozoan; 48 - 63, some hydrothecae, on Staurotheca frigida Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997; 48 - 77, numerous hydrothecae, on H. jaederholmi; 48 - 82, numerous hydrothecae, on B. subrufa, Sy. glacialis and Staurotheca polarsterni Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997; 48 - 168, two hydrothecae, on Sy. weddelli; 48 - 220, numerous hydrothecae and erect stems, up to 2.5 mm high, on C. hicksoni, H. interpolatum, Sc. nana, Sy. exochus and Sy. plectilis; 48 - 276, several hydrothecae, on C. hicksoni, Halecium cf. antarcticum and Sc. nana; ANT XVII / 3: 111 - 7, several hydrothecae, on O. terranovae and Sy. cumberlandicus; 111 - 9, numerous hydrothecae, on A. grandis, E. generale, R. antarcticum and T. longstaffi; 111 - 19, some hydrothecae, on H. interpolatum and Tubularia sp. 1; ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 39, some hydrothecae, on Sc. nana, Sy. exochus and polychaete tube, with gonothecae; PS 65 / 121, few hydrothecae, on Antarctoscyphus spiralis (Hickson & Gravely, 1907); PS 65 / 132, some hydrothecae, on B. subrufa; PS 65 / 175, three hydrothecae, on A. elongatus; PS 65 / 237, several hydrothecae, on Halecium cf. antarcticum, Sc. nana and Sy. glacialis; PS 65 / 248, one hydrotheca, on indeterminate hydrorhiza; PS 65 / 274, several hydrothecae, on St. nonscripta; PS 65 / 278, few hydrothecae, on H. secundum and sponge; PS 65 / 281, some hydrothecae, on Sy. curvatus; PS 65 / 292, several hydrothecae, on dead octocoral and bryozoan; PS 65 / 336, some hydrothecae, on Staurotheca pachyclada (Jäderholm, 1904).
Name
- Homonyms
- Phialella belgicae (Hartlaub 1904)