Description of three new species of Scolanthus (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Edwardsiidae): first records of the genus from Japan

Abstract. Scolanthus is one genus of Edwardsiidae, a speciose family of burrowing worm-like sea anemones characterized by lacking a physa-like aboral end and by possessing nemathybomes on the whole body except at the distal end. This genus has been recorded worldwide, but there have been no specimen...

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Autores principales: Izumi, Takato, Fujita, Toshihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416337
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.794.25243
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Sumario:Abstract. Scolanthus is one genus of Edwardsiidae, a speciose family of burrowing worm-like sea anemones characterized by lacking a physa-like aboral end and by possessing nemathybomes on the whole body except at the distal end. This genus has been recorded worldwide, but there have been no specimens collected from Japan. In this study, we discovered four Scolanthus species in Japan for the first time: Scolanthusarmatus (Carlgren, 1931) and Scolanthuskopepesp. n. from the Ogasawara Islands, Scolanthusenasp. n. from Ena Bay, Kanagawa, and Scolanthusiseisp. n. from Sugashima Island, Mie.

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