Oswaldella erratum Pena Cantero & Vervoort 1997 ...

• Main Authors: Molinero, A. González, Peña Cantero, A. L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Kirchenpaueriidae; Oswaldella; Oswaldella erratum; Antarctic; Graham Land; Molinero; Pena; Trinity Island; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6107448; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6107448

Oswaldella erratum Peña Cantero & Vervoort, 1997 (Figs 4, 16 D, 17D, 19D) Material examined. German Antarctic Expedition ANT-XXI/2: Stn PS65 /166-1, Polarstern, 15 December 2003, 70°56.83’–70°56.00’, 10°32.61’– 10°30.53’W (off Cape Norvegia, Weddell Sea), 338– 253 m. Spanish Antarctic Expedition Bentart 95: Stn 24R, Hespérides, 30 January 1995, 63°58.4715’S, 60°51.9882’W (off Trinity Island, Graham Land), 214 m (Department of Zoology, University of Valencia, BENTART 95-24R). Description. Monosiphonic (occasionally polysiphonic), unbranched stems, up to 130 mm high, usually not divided into internodes. Typically, perisarc strongly developed. Angle between cauline apophyses and stem ca. 70°. Cauline apophyses with two axillary nematophores, each provided with a much-reduced nematotheca (Fig. 4 B). Hydrocladia branched, up to third-order hydrocladia reported. First hydrocladial internode bifurcated, with two similar prongs (Fig. 4 A). Mesial-inferior nematophore on a strongly marked swelling at proximal ... : Published as part of Molinero, A. González & Peña Cantero, A. L., 2015, SEM study of species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Kirchenpaueriidae), with an annotated checklist of the species of the genus, pp. 401-441 in Zootaxa 4052 (4) on pages 406-409, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245887 ...