Oswaldella shetlandica Stepanjants 1979

Oswaldella shetlandica Stepanjants, 1979 (Fig. 3A–C) Oswaldella shetlandica — Peña Cantero, García Carrascosa & Vervoort, 1995: 342, fig. 1. Material examined . Stn. ARD — 14.ii.2010, Ant.05/2010 (25 m): a bunch of sterile stems, ca . 15 cm high; Ant.33/2011 (25 m): a profuse colony with stems u...

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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
Kirchenpaueriidae
Oswaldella
Oswaldella shetlandica
Antarc*
Antarctica
King George Island
West Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4630854
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/170887E3F44A1613FF19492EEA3E2167
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Summary:Oswaldella shetlandica Stepanjants, 1979 (Fig. 3A–C) Oswaldella shetlandica — Peña Cantero, García Carrascosa & Vervoort, 1995: 342, fig. 1. Material examined . Stn. ARD — 14.ii.2010, Ant.05/2010 (25 m): a bunch of sterile stems, ca . 15 cm high; Ant.33/2011 (25 m): a profuse colony with stems up to 19 cm high, some bearing male gonothecae (MHNG-INVE- 79795). Stn. RAS — 24.i.2011, Ant.25/2011 (30 m): a single, badly preserved, sterile stem, ca . 4 cm high; Ant.28/ 2011 (30 m): a single, sterile cormoid, ca . 6.5 cm high; 02.ii.2011, Ant.26/2011 (40 m): fragmentary colony, coming as three broken parts totaling ca . 6 cm high; 11.ii.2010, Ant.01/2010 (30 m): colony composed of a bunch of stems, up to 12 cm high, with numerous male gonothecae (MHNG-INVE-79794). Remarks . For a description of this species and synonymy, see Peña Cantero, García Carrascosa & Vervoort (1995). Geographical distribution . Possibly endemic to West Antarctica (Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2004). 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 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213236

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