Staurotheca antarctica Hartlaub, 1904

Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), Zootaxa 4570 (1), pp. 1-78 : 29

Staurotheca antarctica Hartlaub, 1904

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Material examined. ANT XV/3: 48-168, mass of stems, c. 20 mm high; ANT XXI/2: PS65/292, one colony, c. 30 mm high, with male gonothecae.

Ecology and distribution. Species collected at depths between 55 ( Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003) and 866 m (Peña Cantero in press); present material from 228 to 598 m. Circum-Antarctic species ( Peña Cantero & Vervoort 2003).

Figures

FIGURE 9. a Staurotheca antarctica: stem showing hydrothecal arrangement. b St. dichotoma: stem showing hydrothecal arrangement; c–d St. frigida: c stem with male gonothecae; d stem with female gonotheca. e St. glomulosa: hydrotheca. f St. nonscripta: stem showing hydrothecal arrangement. g–h St. pachyclada: g stem showing hydrothecal arrangement; h hydrotheca. i–j St. vanhoeffeni: i colony; j stem showing hydrothecal arrangement. k St. polarsterni: stem showing hydrothecal arrangement and female gonothecae.