Halecium pseudodelicatulum Cantero, 2014, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Peña Cantero, Álvaro L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Haleciidae; Halecium; Halecium pseudodelicatulum; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3510555; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.3510555

Halecium pseudodelicatulum sp. nov. (Figs 2 C–D, 10A, 11) Halecium delicatulum — Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 2009: 85, fig. 1d, e; Peña Cantero, 2013: 128, fig. 3D. ? Halecium delicatulum — Peña Cantero, 2008: 454–555, fig. 1a; 2010: 766, fig. 4a. ? Halecium antarcticum — Galea & Schories, 2012b: 7 –9, fig. 2E, H. Material examined. Spanish Antarctic Expedition Bentart 2006: Stn Low 44, numerous polysiphonic stems forming a dense mass c. 80 mm high, with female gonothecae (Holotype, MNCN 2.03/444, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain, one stem c. 70 mm high, with female gonothecae; remaining material paratypes). Stn Low 45, several polysiphonic stems, up to 60 mm high, with male gonothecae, on bryozoans. Diagnosis. Polysiphonic, irregularly branched stems, up to 70 mm high. Branches originating from hydrophore of primary hydrotheca. Hydrothecae alternately arranged in one plane. Hydrotheca at the end of long, free hydrophore distinctly directed adcaudally and provided with ... : Published as part of Peña Cantero, Álvaro L., 2014, Revision of the Antarctic species of Halecium Oken, 1815 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Haleciidae), pp. 243-280 in Zootaxa 3790 (2) on pages 267-271, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/226890 ...