Hydrozoa | 
Leptothecata | 
Kirchenpaueriidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 150 - 216 m (Ref. 92901).  Polar			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Antarctic:  South Shetland.
			
			
			
			
			
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				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
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					Members of the order Leptothecata include L-form hydroids.  Life cycle:  The zygote develops into planula and later into polyp then into free-swimming medusa.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Cantero, A.L.P. and A.M.G. Carrascosa 1999 Biogeographical distribution of the benthic thecate hydroids collected during the Spanish "Antártida 8611" expedition and comparison between Antarctic and Magellan benthic hydroid faunas. Sci. Mar. 63(Suppl 1):209-218. (Ref. 92901)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): -1.6 - 0.4, mean -0.9 (based on 7 cells).