Halecium jaederholmi Vervoort, 1972

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 : 211

Halecium jaederholmi Vervoort, 1972

Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 18; St. 23; St. 28; St. 32; St. 38. GARCÍA 2015: St. 17 ( Fig. 2L ) (MACN-In: 43473, 43474, 43475, 43476).

Distribution: The species had been reported in Atlantic Ocean, Argentinean continental shelf and subantarctic islands, from 41°S to 55°S by Jäderholm (1905, as Halecium arboretum ), Vervoort (1972), Stepanjants (1979), Beshbeeshy & Jarms (2011). This is the first record at MPAs Namuncurá I and II.

Remarks: Big, fasciculate and fertile male and female colonies were found as basibionts of other hydroids, mainly hebellids and campanularid colonies. Synonyms at the area: Halecium jäderholmi (see Oliveira et al. 2016).

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FIGURE 2. Recorded distribution of the top #12 most frequently recorded species during the present study. MPAs NI and NII are showed in the map.