Balticina africana (Studer, 1878)

Schejter, L., Genzano, G., Pérez, C. D., Acuña, F., Cordeiro, R. T. S., Silva, R. A., Garese, A. & Bremec, C. S., 2020, Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS), Zootaxa 4878 (2), pp. 201-239 : 226

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F930E674-DDA9-4EC9-B0E9-3891B239C6CF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571027

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D9-FFEC-FFA8-FF51-FCD2FCECC086

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Plazi

scientific name

Balticina africana (Studer, 1878)
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Balticina africana (Studer, 1878) View in CoL

Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13. PD BB 2017: St. 31 (MACN-In 43489).

Distribution: Atlantic coast of Africa as Halipteris africana (459– 659 m) ( Williams 1990); San Antonio Cape, Buenos Aires coast, 38°06 ìS 55°13 ìW as Balticina sp. (440– 480 m) ( Castro 1990); deep waters of SWAtlantic Ocean, Burdwood bank as Halipteris africana (641–701 m) (see Schejter et al. 2018).

Remarks: Synonyms at the area: Balticina sp. ( Castro 1990); Halipteris sp. ( Schejter et al. 2018, p. 294); Halipteris heptazooidea Acuña & Zamponi, 1992 and Halipteris africana (Studer, 1878) (see Schejter et al. 2018, p. 297–298). One specimen of B. africana (St. 13) presented the sea anemone Hormathia pectinata fixed over the naked axis at the top end of the colony ( Schejter et al. 2018).

PD

Dutch Plant Protection Service, Culture Collection of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

BB

Buffalo Bill Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Pennatulacea

Family

Balticinidae

Genus

Balticina

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