Flabellum curvatum Moseley, 1881

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 : 218

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4425892
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scientific name	Flabellum curvatum Moseley, 1881
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Flabellum curvatum Moseley, 1881 View in CoL

Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 13; St. 16; St. 18; St. 21; St. 25. PD BB 2017: St. 31; St. 33; St. 34; St. 43 (MACN-In: 41700, 41701, 41702, 41703, 41704, 41705, 41706, 41707).

Distribution: Coast of Argentina from Río de la Plata to Tierra del Fuego, Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, South Georgia and southern Chile ( Cairns 1982; Cairns & Polonio 2013).

Remarks: Dead skeletons of Flabellum spp. were found to be settlement substrate for several invertebrate species such as octocorals, scalpellids, polychaetes and sponges, among others ( Schejter et al. 2017b; Schejter & Bremec 2019). This species was recorded at the MPA Namuncurá II (see Schejter & Bremec 2019).