Staurotheca cornuta   Peña Cantero, Garcia Carrascosa & Vervoort, 1999


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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 111 - 407 m (Ref. 7414).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic Atlantic: Antarctica, South Orkney and South Shetland Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm COLD male/unsexed; (Ref. 7414)

Short description Morphology

Colonies compact, consisting of a mass of anastomosed branches, up to 9 cm wide. Branching frequent, irregular and in several planes; branches mainly monosiphonic, but polysiphonic in some parts. Hydrothecae arranged in decussate verticils of three hydrothecae forming six longitudinal rows; occasionally, however, at the origin of branches decussate pairs may be present. Hydrothecal verticils closely packed. This, together with the strong perisarc development, gives the colony the aspect of a closely knit net. Hydrotecae immersed into branches for ca<> one-third or less of their volume. Adcauline hydrothecal wall with a short, but distinct free portion; abcauline wall almost straight or slightly concave. Hydrothecal aperture slightly tilted downwards; rim uneven with an abcauline elevation due to the greater length of the abcauline hydrothecal wall. Hydrothecal aperture frequently with renovations. Hydrothecal diaphragm mushroom-shaped, provided with two abcauline projections pointing into the hydrothecal lumen. Gonothecae absent.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Species had been found from 111 to 407 m on bottoms of stones with pebbles or mud; found with gonothecae in January and other material from 300 to 396 m and is infertile. Also provides substratum at times for other hydroids (Ref. 7414).

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

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  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): -1.1 - 0.9, mean -0.4 (based on 27 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).