Eudendrium Ehrenberg 1834
- Dataset
- Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Hydrozoa
- order
- Anthoathecata
- family
- Eudendriidae
- genus
- Eudendrium
biology_ecology
Ecology and distribution. Material collected at depths from 62 to 417 m off Cape Norvegia.
discussion
Remarks. The bad state of preservation and the infertile condition preclude a proper identification.
materials_examined
Material examined. ANT XV / 3: 48 - 197, one colony, c. 60 mm high; ANT XVII / 3: 111 - 7, one colony, c. 55 mm high, on O. terranovae; 111 - 18, some stems, on Sy. anae; ANT XXI / 2: PS 65 / 174, one colony, 6 mm high, on Oswaldella erratum Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1997; PS 65 / 175, few stems, up to 5 mm high, on B. subrufa and S. lobata; PS 65 / 251, one colony, c. 2 mm high, on O. terranovae; PS 65 / 253, one colony, c. 5 mm high, on S. lobata; PS 65 / 259, one colony, c. 40 mm high.