Gorgonactis marisalbi, a new genus and species of burrowing sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Halcampidae) from the White Sea-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Gorgonactis marisalbi, a new genus and species of burrowing sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Halcampidae) from the White Sea

Published:2021-11-17 Issue:2 Volume:30 Page:236-247
ISSN:2410-0226
Container-title:Zoosystematica Rossica
language:en
Short-container-title:Zoosystematica Rossica

Author:

Ivanova N.Yu.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg 199034, Russia

Abstract

New genus and species of burrowing sea anemones of the family Halcampidae, Gorgonactis marisalbi gen. et sp. nov., are described from the White Sea (Chupa Bay). The new taxa are characterised by unique characters not found in other members of this family: a simple, strong marginal sphincter, very long tentacles and their large spirocysts.

Publisher

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Insect Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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