Kise, H.; Nishijima, M.; Iguchi, A.; Minatoya, J.; Yokooka, H.; Ise, Y.; Suzuki, A. (2023). A new hexactinellid-sponge-associated zoantharian (Porifera, Hexasterophora) from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys. 1156: 71-85.

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10.3897/zookeys.1156.96698 [view]

Kise, H.; Nishijima, M.; Iguchi, A.; Minatoya, J.; Yokooka, H.; Ise, Y.; Suzuki, A.

2023

1156: 71-85

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Symbiotic associations between zoantharians and sponges can be divided into two groups: those that associate with Demospongiae and those that associate with Hexactinellida. Parachurabana shinseimaruae Kise, gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new genus and a new species of Hexactinellida-associated zoantharian from Japanese waters, is described. It is characterized by a combination of the following: i) its host hexactinellid sponge, ii) very flat polyps, iii) cteniform endodermal marginal muscles, and iv) characteristic mutations in three mitochondrial regions (including a unique 26-bp deletion in 16S ribosomal DNA) and three nuclear regions. Parachurabana shinseimaruae Kise, gen. nov. et sp. nov. is the third genus in the family Parazoanthidae that is reported to be associated with Hexasterophora sponges. Although specimens have so far only been collected on Takuyo-Daigo Seamount off Minami-Torishima Island in Japan, unidentified zoantharians of similar description have been reported from the waters around Australia, indicating that the species might be widespread across the Pacific

North-west Pacific, warm temperate and boreal

Systematics, Taxonomy

Porifera
Zoantharia

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