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Table 2 in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) of the World: an annotated catalogue and key to species

  • 1. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), FCL / Assis, Laboratorio de Evolucao e Diversidade Aquatica; LEDA, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Assis, Brazil & Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
  • 2. University of The Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Marine Science, MISE (Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology) Laboratory, Okinawa, Japan & University of The Ryukyus, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Okinawa, Japan
  • 3. Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Instituto de Biociencias, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • 4. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), FCL / Assis, Laboratorio de Evolucao e Diversidade Aquatica; LEDA, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Assis, Brazil & University of The Ryukyus, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Marine Science, MISE (Molecular Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology) Laboratory, Okinawa, Japan
  • 5. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (Iimyc) CONICET; Facultad De Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad Nacional de Mar Del Plata Funes 3250. 7600 Mar Del Plata, Argentina & Estacion Cientifica Coiba (Coiba-Aip), Clayton, Panama, Republica de Panama
  • 6. Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Instituto de Biociencias, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil & Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Centro de Biologia Marinha, Sao Sebastiao, SP, Brazil

Description

Table 2. Comparison of anatomical features of Ceriantheopsis species (after Stampar et al. 2016).

C. americanaC. nikitaiC. austroafricanaC. lineata
Marginal tentaclesUp to 100-120Up to 70Up to 70Up to 60
Directive labial tentaclePresentPresentPresentAbsent
Arrangement of labial tentacles(2)413.4232.4312* (4)413.4231.4312.4312(3)423.4232.4312.4312(2)313.4343.4324.31244231.4231.4231.4231
Actinopharynx1/12-1/8 of gastric cavity1/5-1/4 of gastric cavity1/10-1/8 of gastric cavity1/6-1/5 of gastric cavity
Oral disc0.7-1.0 cm~0.6-0.7 cmWide, ~1.5 cm in preserved1.0 - 1.5 cm in preserved
SiphonoglyphNarrow, 4 mesenteries attachedWide, 4 mesenteries attachedWide, 4 mesenteries attachedNarrow, 2 mesenteries attached
Directive mesenteries<Actinopharynx~Actinopharynx~Actinopharynx<Actinopharynx
P2To aboral poleTo aboral poleTo aboral poleAlmost to aboral pole
P3=B=B=B=B
M>>B<2B>B≥B
M3≤M2>M2≤M2<Half M2
Cnido-glandular tract at fertile mesenteries of first quartetsPresentNot presentPresentPresent
Craspedion tract at fertile mesenteries6/7-8/93/56/7~6/7-8/9
Cnido-glandular tract at B<<b=b<b<b
Craspedonemes of craspedion at fertile mesenteriesSometimes presentAbsentAbsentAbsent

Notes

Published as part of Stampar, Sergio N., Reimer, James D., Maronna, Maximiliano M., Lopes, Celine S. S., Ceriello, Hellen, Santos, Thais B., Acuna, Fabian H. & Morandini, Andre C., 2020, Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) of the World: an annotated catalogue and key to species, pp. 1 in ZooKeys 952 on page 1, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.952.50617

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References

  • Stampar, SN, Maronna, MM, Kitahara, M V, Reimer, JD, Beneti, JS, Morandini, AC, 2016. Ceriantharia in Current Systematics: Life Cycles, Morphology and Genetics. In: Goffredo, S, Dubinsky, Z, Eds., , The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future: The world of Medusa and her sisters. Springer International Publishing, Cham: 61 - 72, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31305-4_5