Halecium pseudoincertus Peña Cantero, 2014

Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), Zootaxa 4570 (1), pp. 1-78 : 42

Halecium pseudoincertus Peña Cantero, 2014

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Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-154, one colony, c. 150 mm high.

Ecology and distribution. Reported at depths from 96 (Peña Cantero 2009, as Halecium incertus ) to 1019 m ( Peña Cantero 2008, as Halecium incertus ); material examined at 569– 583 m. Circum-Antarctic species ( Peña Cantero 2014b) found in rare occasions; present finding constitutes a new addition for the Weddell Sea fauna.

Figures

FIGURE 13. a Halecium cf. antarcticum: hydrophore and hydrotheca. b–d H. banzare: b hydrophore and hydrotheca; c male gonotheca; d colony. e H. exaggeratum: hydrophore and hydrotheca. f–g H. incertus: f hydrophore and hydrotheca; g gonotheca. h H. interpolatum: hydrophore and hydrotheca. i H. jaederholmi: hydrophore and hydrotheca. j–k H. pseudodelicatulum: j hydrophore and hydrotheca; k female gonotheca. l H. pseudoincertus: hydrophore and hydrotheca.