Lafoea gaussica Vanhöffen, 1910

Soto, Joan J. & Peña, Álvaro L., 2019, Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), Zootaxa 4570 (1), pp. 1-78 : 23-24

Lafoea gaussica Vanhöffen, 1910

( Fig. 6k )

Material examined. ANT XXI/2: PS65/280, stolonal colony, few hydrothecae, on bryozoan. Ecology and distribution. Previously found at depths from 40 ( Stepanjants, 1979) to 460 m (Peña Cantero et

al. 2004); present material collected at 191– 228 m. Species with circum-Antarctic distribution (Peña Cantero et al. 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 6. a–b Acryptolaria frigida: a stem; b hydrotheca; c–f Filellum antarcticum: c hydrotheca; d coppinia; e section of a coppinia showing gonothecae and eggs; f detail of gonothecal aperture. g Filellum cf. magnificum: hydrotheca. h Filellum cf. bouvetensis: hydrotheca. i–j Lafoea dumosa: i stem; j detail of the stem showing hydrothecal arrangement. k Lafoea gaussica: hydrotheca. l-m Abietinella operculata: l stems; m detail of the stem showing hydrothecal arrangement. n Hebella cf. plana: hydrotheca.