Ceriantheopsis Carlgren 1912

• Main Authors: Stampar, Sérgio N., Mills, V. Sadie, Keable, Stephen J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Anthozoa; Ceriantharia; Cerianthidae; Ceriantheopsis; Pacific; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4654274; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4654274

Genus Ceriantheopsis Carlgren, 1912 Type species. Ceriantheopsis americana (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) by subsequent designation (Carlgren, 1912, p. 24). Diagnosis. Cerianthids with alternating sterile and fertile mesenteries. Second protomesenteries fertile, reaching aboral pole. Metamesenteries arranged in mBMb. Length of all but M-metamesenteries diminishes toward multiplication chamber. Length of M-metamesenteries of first 2–4 quartets can increase toward the multiplication chamber. M3 and further mesenteries can diminish in length towards multiplication chamber (Carlgren, 1912). Distribution. Previously restricted to the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, US Coast and South Africa Coast), expanded in this study to the South Pacific with the description of a new species. Published as part of Stampar, Sérgio N., Mills, V. Sadie & Keable, Stephen J., 2020, Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) from Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica with Descriptions of Four New Species, pp. 81-100 in Records of the Australian Museum 72 (3) on page 88, DOI:10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1762, http://zenodo.org/record/4654407