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'''''Relicanthus daphneae''''' ( formerly ''Boloceroides daphneae'' ) is a [[Monotypic taxon|monotypic]] [[cnidaria]]n resembling a [[sea anemone]], which occurs in the depths 2400-2650 East Pacific Rise and was described in 2006.<ref name="Rodriguez1">Estefanía Rodríguez, Marcos S. Barbeitos, Mercer R. Brugler, Louise M. Crowley, Alejandro Grajales, Luciana Gusmão, Verena Häussermann, Abigail Reft, Marymegan Daly. ''Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals''. [[PLoS ONE]], 2014; 9 (5): e96998, [[DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096998]]</ref> |
'''''Relicanthus daphneae''''' ( formerly ''Boloceroides daphneae'' ) is a [[Monotypic taxon|monotypic]] [[cnidaria]]n resembling a [[sea anemone]], which occurs in the depths 2400-2650 East Pacific Rise and was described in 2006.<ref name="Rodriguez1">Estefanía Rodríguez, Marcos S. Barbeitos, Mercer R. Brugler, Louise M. Crowley, Alejandro Grajales, Luciana Gusmão, Verena Häussermann, Abigail Reft, Marymegan Daly. ''Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals''. [[PLoS ONE]], 2014; 9 (5): e96998, [[DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096998]]</ref> |
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| Family: | Relicanthidae (Rodriguez and Daly, 2014)
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| Genus: | Relicanthus (Rodriguez and Daly, 2014)
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| Species: | R. daphneae
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| Relicanthus daphneae Daly, 2006
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Relicanthus daphneae ( formerly Boloceroides daphneae ) is a monotypic cnidarian resembling a sea anemone, which occurs in the depths 2400-2650 East Pacific Rise and was described in 2006.[1]
Features
R. daphneae has a pink-colored cylindrical body capable of reaching a metre, with thin, whitish tentacles reaching up to two meters. The body is divided into 24 septa. The muscles of the mesenteries are little developed. The Spirocysten, which are stinging cells in which the stinging tube is spirally rolled up and covered with adhesive threads instead of spines, are significantly larger than those of any other deep-sea species and among the largest of all cnidarians. Its habitat is hydrothermal vents.[1]
Taxonomy
R. daphneae was described in 2006 and initially assigned to the genus Boloceroides (Family Boloceroididae). The other species of the genus Boloceroides, however, are rather small and occur on warm seashores. A phylogenetic study from 2014, in which two genes of mitochondrial DNA and three genes from the nucleus of over a hundred different sea anemones were compared, however, shows that the species is no sea anemone, but belongs in a new order.[2] For the type, therefore the new genus is Relicanthus (from Latin relictum; "covered", "stored", "left") in the family Relicanthidae, which allows for the possible discovery of additional species.
References
- Estefanía Rodríguez, Marcos S. Barbeitos, Mercer R. Brugler, Louise M. Crowley, Alejandro Grajales, Luciana Gusmão, Verena Häussermann, Abigail Reft, Marymegan Daly. Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals. PLoS ONE, 2014; 9 (5): e96998, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096998
- Marymegan Daly: Boloceroides daphneae , a new species of giant sea anemone (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Boloceroididae) from the deep Pacific. Marine Biology. 01/2006; 148(6):1241-1247. DOI:10.1007/s00227-005-0170-7
- ^ a b Estefanía Rodríguez, Marcos S. Barbeitos, Mercer R. Brugler, Louise M. Crowley, Alejandro Grajales, Luciana Gusmão, Verena Häussermann, Abigail Reft, Marymegan Daly. Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals. PLoS ONE, 2014; 9 (5): e96998, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096998
- ^ American Museum of Natural History staff. Sea Anemone Tree of Life Reveals Giant Species as Impostor. (retrieved 10 May 2014