Affiliation:
1. Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
2. Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
3. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Abstract
In the present study 16 species are registered for the South Shetland Islands and vicinity: Acanthorhabdus fragilis Burton, 1929, Iophon unicornis Topsent, 1907, Clathria (Axosuberites) flabellata (Topsent, 1916), Clathria (Axosuberites) nidificata (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Kirkpatrickia variolosa (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Myxodoryx hanitschi (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Iotroata somovi (Koltun, 1964), Tedania (Tedaniopsis) charcoti (Topsent, 1907), Tedania (Tedaniopsis) vanhoffeni (Hentschel, 1914), Tedania (Tedaniopsis) oxeata (Topsent, 1916), Isodictya kerguelenensis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886), Isodictya lankesteri (Kirkpatrick, 1907), Isodictya toxophila Burton, 1932, Isodictya bentarti Ríos, Cristobo & Urgorri, 2004, Latrunculia (Latrunculia) brevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 and Latrunculia (Latrunculia) biformis (Kirkpatrick, 1908). Amongst the identified species, five are new occurrences for the studied region, three have their bathymetric limit extended and the others are confirmed for the studied area.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology
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