Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from off Bouvet Island (Antarctic Ocean)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Peña Cantero, Álvaro Luis, Gili, Josep Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/27227; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0113-x

The present work is an addition to the special issue ‘‘Macrobenthic studies at Bouvet island’’, presenting work carried out from on board RV Polarstern in 2003/2004 and published in Polar Biology 29 (2006).-- 8 pages, 1 table Twenty-seven species of benthic hydroids have been found in a small collection from off Bouvet Island (Antarctic Ocean). The material was obtained during the XXI/2 German Antarctic expedition with R.V. Polarstern 2003–2004. Of the 27 species collected, 21 were unknown from those waters. Consequently, the number of known species of benthic hydroids from the area has risen to 32, representing a high diversity location for this group in the Southern Ocean considering the sampling effort made. All species, including those previously known from Bouvet waters, are considered with respect to geographical distribution. The present work is an addition to the special issue “Macrobenthic studies at Bouvet island”, presenting work carried out from on board RV Polarstern in 2003/2004 and published in Polar Biology 29 (2006) Support for this work was provided by the Spanish MEC project REN2003-04236/ANT. This study was also supported by a research contract funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología and the Universidad de Valencia, Spain (Ramón y Cajal Program) and a research project (CGL2004-04684/ANT), funded by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) Peer reviewed