Staurotheca polarsterni

Staurotheca polarsterni   Peña Cantero, Svoboda & Vervoort, 1997


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hydrozoa | Leptothecata | Sertulariidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Demersal; depth range 181 - 1030 m (Ref. 7414).  Polar

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Antarctic.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Erect and polysiphonic stems, densely branched in one plane, by the absence of both anastomoses and mushroom-shaped diaphragm, by the shape of the hydrotheca, almost completely immersed into the branches, and by the number of hydrothecae per verticil.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Known at depths of 181 to 1030 m on stony and rocky bottoms (Ref. 7414).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Colonies with gonothecae were reported in October, December and February.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Peña Cantero, A.L. and W. Vervoort. 2003. (Ref. 7414)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -1.5 - 0.8, mean -0.6 (based on 271 cells).

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