Species Cephalodiscus (Cephalodiscus) dodecalophus M'Intosh, 1882
- Cephalodiscus dodecalophus M'Intosh, W.C. 1882. Preliminary notice of Cephalodiscus, a new type allied to Prof. Allman's Rhabdopleura dredged in H.M.S. 'Challenger'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 10: 337-348 [337].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.12.8.1, Straits of Magellan, 52º50´S 73º53´W, 448 m, Challenger Station 311.
Paratype(s) AM G11151 (Challenger material); CUMZ I2760 ♀ colony, zooids, and eggs (Challenger material, Stn 311. Jan.11.1876).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Weddell Sea, also Subantarctic between Falkland Ils and Burwood Bank, Straits of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Madre de Dios, S Chile, off Kapp Norwegia, Antarctica.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
Neotropical Region
- Falkland Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, colonial, marine, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Tubiculous, irregularly branching coenoecium on solid substratum (stone, rock or shell), sometimes surrounded by blue mud, colonies with ova (January), embryos, larvae and buds (October).
General References
Andersson, K.A. 1903. Wiederentdeckung von Cephalodiscus. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 368-369 (rediscovery)
Andersson, K.A. 1907. Die Pterobranchier der Schwedischen Südpolar expedition 1901–1903. Nebst Bemerkungen über Rhabdopleura normani Allman. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 5: 1-122
Dilly, P.N. 1994. (pers. comm.). in Epos 3 collection of Pterobranchs held at the ZMUC.
Hugo, I. & Moyano, G. 1973. Observaçiones sobre Cephalodiscus recolatado en el Archipelago Madre de Dios (Hemichordata, Pterobranchia). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 46: 113-126 [117] (observations on live specimens, description of two forms of coenoecium, analysis of social character)
Hyman, L.H. 1959. The Enterocoelous Coelomates—Phylum Hemichordata. Ch. 17. pp. 72–207 in, The Invertebrates. Smaller Coelomate Groups. New York : McGraw Hill. (anatomy, ecology, reproductive biology)
Johnston, T.H. & Muirhead, N.G. 1951. Cephalodiscus. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 1(3): 89-120-3 pls
Markham, J.C. 1971. The species of Cephalodiscus collected during operation Deep Freeze, 1956–1959. Biology of the Antarctic Seas. Antarctic Research Series 17: 83-110 (taxonomic key)
van der Horst, C.J. 1939. Hemichordata. pp. 1-737 in Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H. Vol. 4(2). [published 1927–1939] (biology, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |