Thouarella (Thouarella) antarctica

• 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; Thouarella; Thouarella antarctica; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; King George Island; Potter Cove; Elephant Island; Burdwood Bank; Acuña; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4571021; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571021

Thouarella (Thouarella) antarctica (Valenciennes, 1846) Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 18; St. 28; St. 40. Distribution: Malvinas region (53˚00’S, 60˚00’W, 375 m; 51°55’S, 61°50’W, 200 m); off Staten Island (53°56’S, 63°40’W, 400 m, 54°34’S, 64°W, 84 m); off Patagonia (46°54’S, 60°28’W, 480 m); off Crozet Island (46°53’S, 51°52’E, 1005 m); Burdwood bank (53°56’S, 63°40’W, 400 m) (Taylor et al. 2013); Elephant Island (61°15´S, 56°24´W, 450 m)(Auscavitch&Waller 2017); Potter Cove, King George Island,Antarctic Peninsula (62°14′27′′S, 58°42′88′′W, 30–45 m) (Song et al. 2012); Burdwood bank (128–607 m) (present study). Remarks: Synonyms at the area: Primnoa antarctica Valenciennes, 1846. Not Thouarella antarctica Hickson 1907 (= unknown), Thouarella (Parathouarella) antarctica Kükenthal 1915. Not Thouarella (Euthouarella) antarctica Broch 1965 (= T. pendulina); Not Thouarella antarctica Cairns & Bayer 2009 (= T. chilensis). Taylor et al. (2013) pointed that an unseen sample was described from Crozet Island at 1005 m by Wright & Studer (1889), so the bathymetric and geographic ranges may be extended. 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 pages 224-225, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4424884