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1 August 2016 The ‘Antenna Balloon Anemone’ Found in the Seto Inland Sea: New Genus and Species of Sea Anemone, Antennapeachia setouchi (Cnidaria, Actinaria, Haloclavidae)
Takato Izumi, Kensuke Yanagi, Toshihiko Fujita
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Abstract

In the present study, we report the identification of a sea anemone, Antennapeachia setouchi, collected in the Seto Inland Sea, which represents a new genus and new species. This new species has unusual tentacle and mesenterial arrangements that have not been observed in other species of Haloclavidae. There are 12 regular marginal tentacles and two ‘antenna tentacles,’ with the latter always rising upward and located on the oral disk near the mouth; the species is also characterized by its peculiar mesenterial pairs, consisting of a macrocneme and a microcneme. Furthermore, this species shows an interesting behavior: it can inflate its body like a balloon, lift above the seafloor, and drift with the sea current. The presence of a single, strong siphonoglyph, physa-like aboral end, and the lack of sphincter muscle classify this sea anemone within Haloclavidae. It resembles Peachia species, but cannot be classified in this genus as the new species has two pairs of mesenteries, consisting of a macrocneme and a microcneme, and irregular antenna tentacles. Therefore, we propose a new genus Antennapeachia to accommodate this species.

© 2016 Zoological Society of Japan
Takato Izumi, Kensuke Yanagi, and Toshihiko Fujita "The ‘Antenna Balloon Anemone’ Found in the Seto Inland Sea: New Genus and Species of Sea Anemone, Antennapeachia setouchi (Cnidaria, Actinaria, Haloclavidae)," Zoological Science 33(4), 448-453, (1 August 2016). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs150195
Received: 2 December 2015; Accepted: 1 April 2016; Published: 1 August 2016
KEYWORDS
Japan
marine invertebrates
NSMT
Pacific
R/V Toyoshio-Maru
sea anemone
species description
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