[Cnidaria] Antarctic Pandaeid?

George Mackie mackie at uvic.ca
Fri Jun 20 17:09:21 PDT 2008


Looks like a Neoturris breviconis but the lateral diverticula coming off
the radial canals are rather longer than I would expect for this sp. 
Claudia Mills <cemills at rockisland.com> will know. George


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> Kevin
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> Kevin Raskoff, Ph.D.
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> From: Rob Sherlock [sherloro at nbp.usap.gov]
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 12:47 PM
> To: Kevin Raskoff
> Subject: Pandaeid?
>
> Hi Kev,
>
> We've caught a few of these guys (S. Scotia Sea, betw 0 & 300m) and I'm not
> sure who it is. Pretty sure it's a pandaeid, possibly Neoturris pileata
or
> Zanclonia weldoni but neither quite fits the description. They've got 4
slightly wide radial canals that are branched laterally and about 60
marginal tentacles over all. The tentacles appear hollow, do not occur
in
> clusters and have a pronounced spur at the base. No ocelli that I see
unless maybe in that 'spur'. Dunno' if you've got any ideas but I'd love
to
> hear 'em! Feel free to pass on to Cnidaria listserv w/the caveat that
I've
> only got shipboard mail (read small, infrequent messages).
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