Brooding comatulids from the southwestern Atlantic, Argentina (Echinodermata: Crinoidea)

• Published in: Marine Biodiversity
• Main Authors: Pertossi, Renata Micaela, Penchazadeh, Pablo E., Martinez, Mariano Ignacio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: CRINOIDS; ISOMETRAVIVIPARA; MACN; MARSUPIUM; PHRIXOMETRA NUTRIX; SOUTHERN OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Argentino; Argentina; Pablo; Burdwood Bank; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/149166

Isometra vivipara and Phrixometra nutrix are two brooding feather stars (order Comatulida) that are widely distributed along the southern tip of South America to the Antarctic. We examined 210 specimens of I. vivipara and 38 specimens of P.nutrix collected during five cruises in the southwestern Atl...