Isoparactis fionae sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Southern Patagonia with a discussion of the family Isanthidae

• Published in: Organisms diversity & evolution Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 31 - 42
• Main Authors: Lauretta, Daniel, Häussermann, Verena, Brugler, Mercer R, Rodríguez, Estefanía
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2014; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Actiniaria; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Anthozoa; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cladistics; Cnidaria; Data collection; Deep sea; Deep water; Developmental Biology; Diagnosis; Evolutionary Biology; Geographical distribution; Isanthidae; Isoparactis; Life Sciences; Marine; Marine invertebrates; Museums; Natural history; New species; Original Article; Parks & recreation areas; Phosphatase; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Shallow water; Southern Hemisphere; Taxonomic revision; Tentacles; Zoology; Argentina; New York; Chile; United States > US; Argentina; Chile; Beagle Channel; Sea anemone; Straits of Magellan; Acontia

A new species from Southern Patagonia, Isoparactis fionae sp. nov., is described. Isoparactis fionae sp. nov. differs from other species in the genus by having longitudinal rows of adherent rugae in the column, number of tentacles, cnidae and geographic distribution. We amend the generic position of...