Stylasteridae Gray 1847

• Main Authors: Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A., Bremec, C. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Stylasteridae; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Argentina; Perez; Burdwood Bank; Acuña; Namuncura; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425757; https://zenodo.org/record/4425757

Family Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 Material collected: BBB 2016: St. 5; St. 9; St. 11; St. 12; St. 13; St. 16; St. 18; St. 21; St. 23; St. 25; St. 28; St. 29; St. 30; St. 33; St. 34; St. 35; St. 36; St. 40. Distribution: Seventeen stylasterid species are known to inhabit usually deep waters of the Argentinian shelf and slopes. The majority of them have been also recorded in the Burdwood bank region, but also other subantarctic waters. Specific information could be obtained from Cairns (1983) and Bernal et al . (2018). Remarks: Living and dead fragments of stylasterid colonies were collected. The material was not identified until species level yet. However, preliminary results showed that many collected specimens belong to the genus Errina , Errinopsis and Sporadopora . Epibiotic organisms were frequently attached to these colonies, as also noted by Schejter et al . (2017a, 2020). Moreover, they were conspicuous habitat-forming species of the animal forests recorded in the area (Schejter et al . 2020). : Published as part of Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A. & Bremec, C. S., 2020, Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS), pp. 201-239 in Zootaxa 4878 (2) on page 209, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424884 : {"references": ["Cairns, S. D. (1983) Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Biology of the Antarctic Seas XIII. Antarctic Research Series, 38, 61 - 164. https: // doi. org / 10.1029 / AR 038 p 0061", "Bernal, M. C., Cairns, S. D., Penchaszadeh, P. & Lauretta, D. (2018) Errina argentina sp. nov., a new stylasterid (Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from Mar del Plata submarine canyon (Soutwest Atlantic). Marine Biodiversity, 49, 833 - 839. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 018 - 0861 - 1", "Schejter, L., Martin, J. & Lovrich, G. (2017 a) Unveiling the submarine landscape of the Namuncura Marine Protected Area, Burdwood bank, SW Atlantic Ocean. Pan American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 12 (3), 248 - 253.", "Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Gaitan, E., Perez, C. D. & Bremec, C. S. (2020) Benthic communities in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: Conservation value of animal forests at the Burdwood bank slope. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30, 426 - 439. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / aqc. 3265"]}