Sympagohydra tuuli (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): first report from sea ice of the central Arctic Ocean and insights into histology, reproduction and locomotion

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Siebert, S., Anton-Erxleben, F., Kiko, Rainer, Kramer, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Tuuli; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6279/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6279/1/art_10.1007_s00227-008-1106-9.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1106-9

Various cnidarians have adapted their life style to interstitial habitats of marine sediments. Recently, for the first time a hydroid was reported from the interstitial brine channel system of Arctic fast ice. Due to its derived features, the new genus and species Sympagohydra tuuli was introduced....