Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, Lopez-Gonzalez & Gili 2013

Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013 Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13. PD BB 2017: St. 14; St. 16 (MACN-In 43504). Distribution: At present, P. castellviae, is only known from Sub-Antarctic waters from Tierra del Fuego and the Malvinas Islands to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A., Bremec, C. S.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Primnoidae
Plumarella
Plumarella castellviae
Antarctic
Scotia Sea
Gonzalez
Lopez
Burdwood Bank
Acuña
Antarc*
Tierra del Fuego
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/4425941
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425941
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Summary:Plumarella (Verticillata) castellviae Zapata-Guardiola, López-González & Gili, 2013 Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13. PD BB 2017: St. 14; St. 16 (MACN-In 43504). Distribution: At present, P. castellviae, is only known from Sub-Antarctic waters from Tierra del Fuego and the Malvinas Islands to Burdwood bank in the Scotia Sea, between 120–2044 m depth (Zapata-Guardiola et al. 2013). It is here reported off Staten Is. (608 m) and at the MPA Namuncurá II. Remarks: This is the first report of this species after its description (see Zapata-Guardiola et al. 2013). Our specimen was a yellowish, uniplanar, pinnate colony, with five polyps per whorl and eight marginal sclerites with strong terminal thorn. Published as part of Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A. & Bremec, C. S., 2020, Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS), pp. 201-239 in Zootaxa 4878 (2) on page 224, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424884

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