Check List 11(1): e19113, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1515
New record for the distribution of the colonial hydroid Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in Argentina
expand article infoMaria Irene Deserti‡, Alicia Haydeé Escalante§, Fabián Horacio Acuña§
‡ Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (CONICET), Argentina§ Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina

Corresponding author: Maria Deserti ( irenedeserti@yahoo.com.ar )

© 2017 Maria Deserti, Alicia Escalante, Fabián Acuña.
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Citation: Deserti M, Escalante A, Acuña F (2015) New record for the distribution of the colonial hydroid Cordylophora caspia (Pallas, 1771) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in Argentina. Check List 11(1): 1515. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1515
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Abstract
Cordylophora caspia is a colonial, athecate hydroid inhabiting both in freshwater and brackish habitats. Its global distribution is in part due to its ability to tolerate a wide range of salinity. It is considered an invasive species and its control is widely studied because of the industrial and ecological problems it causes in many environments. We report for the first time the occurrence of this hydrozoan in Nahuel Rucá Lake (Buenos Aires province, Argentina) with some notes on its internal and external morphology.
Keywords
Hydrozoa; Cordylophora caspia; Nahuel Rucá Lake; Buenos Aires province