[Cnidaria] Antarctic Pandaeid?

[Dhugal Lindsay]

G'day Kev,

This is most definitely Zanclonia weldoni. The branching pattern of/ 
diverticulae exiting from the radial canals is quite indicative. It  
is not to be confused with Zanclea, the genus name sounds similar,  
which has stalked knobs on the tentacles and is not a Pandeid.  
Zanclonia looks more yellow under regular microscope lights but I  
checked my still photos from a recent cruise and they are of the same  
orangish colour. I was only able to collect one so CMarz has only one  
barcode so far. If you can pop some tissue from two more in ethanol  
and put the vials in the freezer while keeping the remainder of the  
animal as a formalin voucher (photos would be nice too) then we can  
get some idea of the intraspecies variation for barcoding.

Cheers,

Dhugal

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Dhugal Lindsay

Research Scientist at Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and  
Technology (JAMSTEC)
Adjunct Associate Professor at Yokohama City University
Adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of Queensland
Adjunct Lecturer at Nagasaki University

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dhugal at jamstec.go.jp





On 21/06/2008, at 8:05 AM, Kevin Raskoff wrote:

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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).<Pandeid- 
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