OREJAS , Covadonga

A new primnoid genus is here proposed based on the study of the type material of Primnoella gracilis Molander, 1929 and the abundant material collected during some recent Antarctic and Subantarctic cruises. The new genus, Arntzia, is compared with its closest primnoid genera, mainly Ainigmaptilon Dean and Primnoella Gray. Arntzia differs from...

During the expeditions EASIZ II and EASIZ III carried out off the Antarctic Peninsula with RV 'Polarstern', a prey, until now never registered, was observed in the gastrovascular cavities of octocorallian Anthomastus bathyproctus colonies. A. bathyproctus gastrovascular contents contained salps of the species Salpa thompsoni in 83 to 88% of the...

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