Symplectoscyphus plectilis

• Main Authors: Soto, Joan J., Peña, Álvaro L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Hydrozoa; Leptothecata; Sertulariidae; Symplectoscyphus; Symplectoscyphus plectilis; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5934977; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887B7A44AFFD6E983F9EAFAFF9C8E

Symplectoscyphus plectilis (Hickson & Gravely, 1907) (Fig. 11j, 12i) Material examined. ANT XV/3 : 48-4 , some stems, up to 12 mm high; 48-189 , some stems, up to 20 mm high; 48- 220 , several stems, up to 25 mm high, on Sy. exochus , with gonothecae; 48-223 , some stems, up to 12 mm high, on Sc. nana ANT XVII/3 : 111-6 , some stems, up to 6 mm high, on O. terranovae ANT XXI/2 : PS65/39 , mass of stems, c. 30 mm high, with gonothecae, and numerous stems, up to 60 mm high, on C. hicksoni , Sc. nana , S. lobata , Sy. naumovi , with gonothecae; PS65/121 , some stems, up to 35 mm high, on Sc. nana , and mass of stems, c. 25 mm high; PS65/245 , mass of stems, c. 20 mm high, with developing gonothecae; PS65/248 , mass of stems, c. 50 mm high; PS65/253 , mass of stems, c. 30 mm high; PS65/274 , few stems, up to 10 mm high, on St. glomulosa and bryozoan; PS65/276 , mass of stems, c. 30 mm high, with gonothecae; PS65/281 , one stem, c. 3 mm high, on gravel. Ecology and distribution. Species collected from 7 (Vervoort 1972b) to 1958 m (Peña Cantero 2012); present material between 68 and 337 m. Circum-Antarctic distribution (Stepanjants 1979, as Sertularella plectilis ). Published as part of Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), pp. 1-78 in Zootaxa 4570 (1) on page 37, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4570.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2608527