The benthic deep-water siphonophore Rhodalia miranda and other coelenterates in the south-west Atlantic: ecological and oceanographical implications |
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Authors: | Riemann-Zürneck Karin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, D-2850 Bremerhaven, Germany |
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Abstract: | The benthic deep-water siphonophore Rhodalia miranda was collected for the first time in 1876 by H.M.S. Challenger off the Rio de la Plata estuary beneath the Subtropical Convergence at about 1000 m depth. Rhodalia was reported again about 100 years later from certain distant localities in the subantarctic region of the south-west Atlantic. Hydrographic and topographic features that may be involved in creating this peculiar distribution pattern are discussed together with a likely mode of dispersal of benthic coelenterates. The disjunct distribution of Rhodalia and other benthos of the upper Argentine Slope suggests the subsurface oceanographic régime to be quite different from what we know of the surface layers. |
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Keywords: | Cnidaria Siphonophora Rhodalia south-west Atlantic biogeography oceanography |
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