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: Grange, Laura J., Smith, Craig R., Lindsay, Dhugal J., Bentlage, Bastian, Youngbluth, Marsh J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2017
• Subjects: Research Article; Andvord; Andvord Bay; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Barilari; Flandres; Flandres Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5214585/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28052087; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168648

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...