Zoantharia, Gray, 1832

Sanamyan, N. P., Sanamyan, K. E., Bocharova, E. S., Morozov, T. B. & Galkin, S. V., 2023, Sea anemones (Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia and Zoantharia) from the Western Bering Sea (Northwest Pacific), Invertebrate Zoology 20 (1), pp. 27-56 : 50-51

Zoantharia spp.

Fig. 6C .

MATERIAL. LV-75-22, 55.5100ºN 167.3240ºE – 55.5087ºN 167.3236ºE, depth 3561– 3545 m, several specimens photographed .

LV-82-5, 55.2616ºN 167.3025ºE – 55.2647ºN 167.3014ºE, depth 3931– 3879 m, one specimen photographed; LV-82-10, 55.2879°N 167.3014ºE, depth 2807 m; 55.2882ºN 167.3011ºE,depth 2778 m, one specimen photographed.

REMARKS. Small white specimens on stones were photographed in the abyssal zone. On the southern slope of the Vulcanologov Massif, two species have been recorded: a group of at least 7 specimens with a long column covered with sediment particles ( Fig. 6C ), and solitary specimens with a short white column. Another smaller species with a short white column occurs in small groups on the northern slope of the Vulcanologov Massif.

Figures

Fig. 6. A — Epizoanthus fatuus; B — Epizoanthus sp.; C — Zoantharia sp. from the southern slope of the Piip Volcano. Рис. 6. A — Epizoanthus fatuus; B — Epizoanthus sp.; C — Zoantharia sp. на южном склоне вулкана Пийпа.