A CYPHONAUTES LARVA (BRYOZOA, GYMNOLAEMATA) FROM THE BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA

Authors
SHREEVE RS HAYWARD PJ
Citation
Rs. Shreeve et Pj. Hayward, A CYPHONAUTES LARVA (BRYOZOA, GYMNOLAEMATA) FROM THE BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 75(2), 1995, pp. 499-501
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
75
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
499 - 501
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1995)75:2<499:ACL(GF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This note describes the first cyphonautes larva (Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata ) to be reported from Antarctic seas. It was found in samples taken in mid-water (600-250 m depth), beneath the ice in the Bellingshausen Se a, in the austral summer. From its external characteristics it appears to be the larva of a species of the ctenostomate genus Alcyonidium. T he only species of this genus known in the Antarctic are A. flabellifo rme Kirkpatrick and A. eighfsi Winston and Hayward.