Dr. Hiroki Kise, Ryukyu, Japan
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Already in 2018, a new deep-sea zoanthid was first described ifrom the waters of the Japanese island of Jogashima in Sagami Bay.
We would like to thank the first author, Hiroki Kise, for sending us a photo of this new deep-sea anemone.
The discovered colony consisted of 10 polyps, which were connected by a well-developed, dark grey coenenchyma between two sea urchin spines.
The polyps each had 20 - 22 transparent tentacles with a height of 2 to 4 mm, arranged in two rows around the oral disc.
The colour of the tentacles was described as transparent with cream-coloured tips, and the brown (tan) oral discs reached a diameter of 10 to 15 mm.
As these small anemones were discovered in very deep water zones, offerings for fans of azooxanthell zoanthids are not to be expected.
Source:
First record of sea urchin-associated Epizoanthus planusfrom Japanese waters and its morphology and molecular phylogeny
Hiroki Kise, Naoko Dewa & James Davis Reimer
Plankton Benthos Res 13(3): 136–141, 2018
doi: 10.3800/pbr.13.136
We would like to thank the first author, Hiroki Kise, for sending us a photo of this new deep-sea anemone.
The discovered colony consisted of 10 polyps, which were connected by a well-developed, dark grey coenenchyma between two sea urchin spines.
The polyps each had 20 - 22 transparent tentacles with a height of 2 to 4 mm, arranged in two rows around the oral disc.
The colour of the tentacles was described as transparent with cream-coloured tips, and the brown (tan) oral discs reached a diameter of 10 to 15 mm.
As these small anemones were discovered in very deep water zones, offerings for fans of azooxanthell zoanthids are not to be expected.
Source:
First record of sea urchin-associated Epizoanthus planusfrom Japanese waters and its morphology and molecular phylogeny
Hiroki Kise, Naoko Dewa & James Davis Reimer
Plankton Benthos Res 13(3): 136–141, 2018
doi: 10.3800/pbr.13.136
