Symplectoscyphus frondosus Pena Cantero 2010

• Main Author: ÁLVARO L. PEÑA CANTERO
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Sertulariidae; Symplectoscyphus; Symplectoscyphus frondosus; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Ross Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3512874; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C84B87CACC3DFF9EE8DD01370DF0F640

Symplectoscyphus frondosus Peña Cantero, 2010 Symplectoscyphus frondosus Peña Cantero, 2010a: 30 –34, figs 1A–C, 2. Material examined. Stn 82, two stems, 165 (NIWA 60488) and 65 mm high (MNCN 2.03/437), with gonothecae; Stn 102, fragment 6 mm long, with incomplete female? gonothecae (NIWA 60489); Stn 103, three stems, 85, 40 (NIWA 60490) and 30 mm high (MNCN 2.03/438); Stn 108, branched stem 280 mm high, with gonothecae (NIWA 60491); Stn 171, two stems, 100 (NIWA 60492) and 95 mm (MNCN 2.03/439), on mollusc shell. Remarks. Species described by Peña Cantero (2010a) from this material. Ecology and distribution. Species collected at depths between 400 and 564 m, off Cape Adare, Adare Peninsula and Cape Hallett and with gonothecae in February. Hitherto considered endemic of the area of study. Published as part of ÁLVARO L. PEÑA CANTERO, 2017, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica) collected by the New Zealand Antarctic expedition BioRoss 2004 with RV Tangaroa, pp. 1-65 in Zootaxa 4293 (1) on page 44, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4293.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/828475