High Abundance of the Epibenthic Trachymedusa Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878 (Hydrozoa, Trachylina) in Subpolar Fjords along the West Antarctic Peninsula.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Laura J Grange, Craig R Smith, Dhugal J Lindsay, Bastian Bentlage, Marsh J Youngbluth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Andvord; Andvord Bay; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Barilari; Flandres; Flandres Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168648; https://doaj.org/article/f24689b74d4d4ce19cfab4846fc80e4a

Medusae can be conspicuous and abundant members of seafloor communities in deep-sea benthic boundary layers. The epibenthic trachymedusa, Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878 (Hydrozoa: Trachylina: Ptychogastriidae) occurs in the cold, high latitude systems of both the northern and southern hemisphere...