Halecium jaederholmi Vervoort, 1972

Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), Zootaxa 4570 (1), pp. 1-78 : 41

Halecium jaederholmi Vervoort, 1972

( Fig. 13i )

Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-77, one colony, c. 100 mm high; ANT XVII/3: 111-5, one colony, c. 45 mm high; ANT XXI/2: PS65/248, one colony, c. 40 mm high, on bryozoan.

Ecology and distribution. Previously reported at depths between 24 ( Vervoort 1972a) and 950 m (Peña Cantero in press); present material from 65 to 360 m. A probable Pan-Antarctic species ( Peña Cantero 2014b).

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.