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Issue: Vol. 1612 No. 1: 10 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1612.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 2

Breaking molds: Oswaldella laertesi, sp. nov., a unique Antarctic species of Oswaldella Stechow, 1919 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Kirchenpaueriidae)

Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia/Fundación General Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Cnidaria Hydroids new species benthos Antarctic Ocean biodiversity

Abstract

A new species of the Antarctic genus Oswaldella Stechow is described and figured, and its position amongst the remaining species of the genus is discussed. The material was collected from the Ross Sea area (Antarctica) during the BioRoss survey of the western Ross Sea and Balleny Islands in 2004. Oswaldella laertesi, sp. nov., is unique amongst known species of the genus in having hydrocladia arranged in three longitudinal rows.

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