On Clathrozoellidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecatae), a new family of rare deep-water leptolids, with the description of three new species

Three new species of Anthoathecatae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the rare genus Clathrozoella Stechow, 1921, Clathrozoella abyssalis spec. nov., C. bathyalis spec. nov. and C. medeae spec. nov., are described from New Zealand and Antarctic waters. Along with the previously known C. drygalskii (Vanh\xc3\x...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pe\xc3\xb1a Cantero, A.L., Vervoort, W., Watson, E.J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Hydrozoa
Anthoathecatae
Clathrozoellidae
Clathrozoella
Antarctic
benthos
new species
New Zealand
Antarc*
Online Access:https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220315
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Summary:Three new species of Anthoathecatae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the rare genus Clathrozoella Stechow, 1921, Clathrozoella abyssalis spec. nov., C. bathyalis spec. nov. and C. medeae spec. nov., are described from New Zealand and Antarctic waters. Along with the previously known C. drygalskii (Vanh\xc3\xb6ffen, 1910) the genus Clathrozoella now numbers four species. Details of the skeleton, hydranths, nematocysts and gonophores are described and discussed, as is also the position of the newly established family Clathrozoellidae.

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