Halecium arcticum Ronowicz & Schuchert, 2007

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DESCRIPTION

Colonies erect, bushy, branching irregularly, up to 16 mm (Fig.1). Stems monosiphonic, rarely polysiphonic, strongly annulated. Hydrotheca deep, walls everted, rim enrolled. Female gonotheca lentil-shaped, with two distinct horns (Fig.2). Male gonotheca smaller, flattened, without horns.

DISTRIBUTION IN SVALBARD

Heleysundet, Hornsund. First record for the Svalbard waters.

WORLD DISTRIBUTION

NE Canada

DEPTH

5-147 m

SUBSTRATE

Algae, Ascidiacea, Balanus sp., Bryozoa, crab, hydroid, rock

REPRODUCTION

Fixed gonophores. Present.