Actiniaria, Hertwig, 1882

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 : 47-48

Actiniaria sp.5

Fig. 5G .

MATERIAL. LV-82-5, 55.2616°N 167.

3025ºE – 55.2698°N 167.2992ºE, 3931– 3547 m, one

specimen collected (sample 2) and five specimens photographed; LV-82-10, 55.2879°N 167.3014ºE, depth 2807 m, two specimens photographed.

REMARKS. A small abyssal sea anemone with a white translucent body, eight specimens of which were photographed and one collected on the southern slope of the Vulcanologov Massif at depths of 2807–3931 m in 2018. All specimens have a low column of similar height and width; the oral disc is slightly wider than the column. The tentacles are marginal, arranged in two cycles, up to 36 in number. White ova are visible in the tentacles and through the oral disc in half of the specimens.

Figures

Fig. 5. A — Sagartiogeton rufus; B — Metridium farcimen from Chukotka (photo of Viktor Lyagushkin); C — Actiniaria sp.1; D — Actiniaria sp.2; E — Actiniaria sp.3; F — Actiniaria sp.4; G — Actiniaria sp.5; H — Actiniaria sp.6; I — Actiniaria sp.7; J — the white form of Corallimorphus cf. pilatus; K — the brown form of Corallimorphus cf. pilatus; L — Corallimorphidae sp. Рис. 5. A — Sagartiogeton rufus; B — Metridium farcimen, Чукотка (фото Виктора ЛЯгуШкина); C — Actiniaria sp.1; D — Actiniaria sp.2; E — Actiniaria sp.3; F — Actiniaria sp.4; G — Actiniaria sp.5; H — Actiniaria sp.6; I — Actiniaria sp.7; J — белаЯ форма Corallimorphus cf. pilatus; K — коричневаЯ форма Corallimorphus cf. pilatus; L — Corallimorphidae sp.