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TABLE 2 in Carlgren's hesitation allayed: redescription and systematics of Heteranthus verruculatus Klunzinger, 1877 (Cnidaria, Actiniaria), with a redefinition of Heteranthidae Carlgren, 1900

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TABLE 2 Cnidom of Heteranthus verruculatus Klunzinger, 1877, comprising type specimens (i.e,. those of H.verruculatus and H.insignis), and voucher specimens. Regarding the latter, cnidae measurements were taken from both solitary and clustering polyps

Type SpecimensVoucher Specimens
NRS 4861NRS 4076Solitary polypsClustering polyps
TissueCnidaeRange length nRange length × nRange length × NnRange length ×Nn
× widthwidthwidthwidth
MarginalSpirocysts (A)(10.0)12.0–10(9.6)10.8–18.010(11.0)13.0–23.06/66010.0–20.2 ×7/770
tentacles17.0 × 1.5–3.0× 2.4× 2.0–3.0(1.5)2.0–3.0
Basitrichs (B)(14.0)16.5–1015.6–18.0 ×1014.0–18.7 ×6/660(12.1)13.0–19.0 ×7/770
19.0 × 2.0–3.02.4–3.0(3.6)2.0–3.02.0–3.0
14.8–18.3 ×?
2.0–2.5
Discal tentaclesSpirocysts (C)‒‒13.2–16.8 ×10(8.0)10.0–19.06/660(9.0)11.1–17.2 ×5/550
2.4–3.0× 2.0–3.52.0–3.0(3.5)
Basitrichs (D)‒‒10.8–13.2 × 2.4109.0–16.0 ×6/6608.0–20.5(22.0) ×5/550
2.0–3.0(1.5)2.0–2.5(3.0)
MarginalBasitrichs (E)8.0–10.0 ×1012.0–18.6(24.0) × 510.0–15.0 ×6/6597.5–13.1 ×7/771
projections1.5–2.02.4–3.0(3.6)2.0–2.52.0–2.5
ColumnBasitrichs (F)18.0–21.0 ×10(12.0)15.0–25.2 × 2311.0–19.2 ×6/66011.0–17.0 ×7/780
2.0–3.02.0–3.02.0–3.0(3.5)(1.5)2.0–2.5
15.5–20.6 ×?
2.0–2.5
Actino-pharynxBasitrichs (G)‒‒(18.6)20.4–23.4 0 10(15.0)16.0–25.3 6/66016.0–23.5 ×7/770
× 2.4–3.0× 2.0–4.02.0–3.0(3.5)
Microbasic p- masti-‒‒15.6–18.6 ×1015.0–25.3 ×6/66015.0–25.5 ×7/771
gophores (H)(2.4)3.6–4.83.0–6.03.0–7.0

Notes

Published as part of Yap, Nicholas Wei Liang, Quek, Zheng Bin Randolph, Tan, Ria, Nugroho, Dharma Arif, Lee, Jen Nie, Lee Berumen, Michael, Tan, Koh Siang & Huang, Danwei, 2021, Carlgren's hesitation allayed: redescription and systematics of Heteranthus verruculatus Klunzinger, 1877 (Cnidaria, Actiniaria), with a redefinition of Heteranthidae Carlgren, 1900, pp. 172 in Contributions to Zoology 90 (2) on page 172, DOI: 10.1163/18759866-BJA10015, http://zenodo.org/record/8343299

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  • Klunzinger, C. B. (1877) Die Korallthiere des rothen Meeres. Erster Theil: Die Alcyonarien und Malacodermen. Verlag der Gutmann'schen Buchhandlung, Berlin.