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A new species of Hormathia (Actiniaria, Hormathiidae) from the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica
Helgoland Marine Research volume 55, pages 116–123 (2001)
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A new species of sea anemone in the genus Hormathia, is described and illustrated based on forty-two specimens collected during the Polarstern cruises ANT XV/3 and ANT XVII/3 in the Weddell Sea. The main features of the new taxon are the crown of flattened and hooked tubercles at the distal end of the scapus, the regular arrangement of pointed tubercles along the column and the cnidom. The new species shares the pointed tubercles, at least in the upper part of the scapus, with two other species of Hormathia in the southern hemisphere: Hormathia spinosa Hertwig 1882 and H. pectinata Hertwig 1882
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Rodríguez, E., López-González, P.J. A new species of Hormathia (Actiniaria, Hormathiidae) from the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Helgol Mar Res 55, 116–123 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100072
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