Edwardsia spp.

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 : 30

Edwardsia spp.

Fig. 2C .

MATERIAL. LV-82-5, 55.2700ºN 167.2991ºE – 55.2738ºN 167.2974ºE, depth 3494– 3435 m, one specimen photographed; LV-82-8, 55.3806ºN 167. 2617ºE, depth 485 m, one specimen photographed.

REMARKS. Two small species, photographically documented on the southern slope of the Vulcanologov Massif and Piip Volcano, but not collect- ed, most probably belong to the genus Edwardsia . They have a typical for this genus octomerous arrangement of the tentacles and their column is buried in the sediment. The first species is white, with 16 tentacles arranged in two circles (8+8), recorded in abyssal zone at 3435–3494 m ( Fig. 2C ). Another species with transparent tentacles and eight white spots on the oral disc at the bases of the tentacles was photographed in the bathyal zone at 485 m on cold seeps field between bacterial mats.

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Fig. 2. A — Relicanthus cf. daphneae; B — Actinernus robustus; C — Edwardsia sp.; D–E — Edwardsiidae spp. from the Vulcanologov Massif; F — Edwardsiidae sp. from the Koryak slope; G — Dactylanthus sp.; H — Cribrinopsis sp.1; I — cf. Urticina sp.; J — Liponema brevicorne; K — Sicyonis denisovi; L — S. kuznetsovi. Рис. 2. A — Relicanthus cf. daphneae; B — Actinernus robustus; C — Edwardsia sp.; D–E — Edwardsiidae spp. на массиве Вулканологов; F — Edwardsiidae sp. на КорЯкском склоне; G — Dactylanthus sp.; H — Cribrinopsis sp.1; I — cf. Urticina sp.; J — Liponema brevicorne; K — Sicyonis denisovi; L — S. kuznetsovi.