Halecium ovatum Totton 1930

Halecium ovatum Totton, 1930 (Fig. 2 J, K) Halecium ovatum — Vervoort, 1972b: 339, fig. 1. — Watson, 2008: 172, fig. 8. Material examined . Stn. RAS — 12.ii.2010, Ant.07/2010 (10–40 m): small, sterile colony, with unbranched or sparingly-branched stems, up to 5 mm high; 19.ii.2010, Ant.13/2010 (43 m...

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Main Authors: Galea, Horia R., Schories, Dirk
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2012
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa
Leptothecata
Haleciidae
Halecium
Halecium ovatum
Antarc*
Antarctica
King George Island
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3508417
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/170887E3F44E1617FF194B88ECAE274B
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Summary:Halecium ovatum Totton, 1930 (Fig. 2 J, K) Halecium ovatum — Vervoort, 1972b: 339, fig. 1. — Watson, 2008: 172, fig. 8. Material examined . Stn. RAS — 12.ii.2010, Ant.07/2010 (10–40 m): small, sterile colony, with unbranched or sparingly-branched stems, up to 5 mm high; 19.ii.2010, Ant.13/2010 (43 m): luxuriant colony with both mono- and slightly polysiphonic stems, up to 3.5 cm high, bearing female gonothecae (MHNG-INVE-79788). Remarks . Vervoort (1972b) reexamined the holo- and paratypes of H. ovatum and provided a lengthy description, supplementing Totton's (1930) account. Additional notes on the holotype are also given by Watson (2008). Geographical distribution . Summarized by Peña Cantero (2008). Published as part of Galea, Horia R. & Schories, Dirk, 2012, Some hydrozoans (Cnidaria) from King George Island, Antarctica, pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 3321 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213236

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