A new species of Arachnanthus from the Red Sea (Cnidaria, Ceriantharia)

By

Stampar, Sergio N.
El Didi, Suraia
Paulay, Gustav
Berumen, Michael L.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

748

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Anthozoa , Biodiversity , coral reefs , Indo-West Pacific , Marine invertebrates , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.748.22914

 

Abstract

A new species of the genus Arachnanthus (Cnidaria: Ceriantharia), Arachnanthuslilith Stampar & El Didi, sp. n., is described. This species is widely distributed in the Red Sea, and recorded from 2–30 m depths. Arachnanthuslilith Stampar & El Didi, sp. n. is the fifth species of the genus and the first recorded from the Red Sea. The number of labial tentacle pseudocycles, arrangement of mesenteries, and distribution of acontioids allow the differentiation of the new species from other species of the genus.