Bunodosoma californicum Carlgren, 1951

Vassallo-Avalos, Aurora, González-Muñoz, Ricardo, Acuña, Fabián H., Cervantes-Ramírez, Itzel Ittaí & Rivas, Gerardo, 2022, Intertidal sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) from the west coast of the Peninsula of Baja California, Mexico, Zootaxa 5165 (2), pp. 151-179 : 168

Bunodosoma californicum Carlgren, 1951

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Bunodosoma californica Carlgren, 1949, p. 52 (nomen nudum)

Bunodosoma californica Carlgren, 1951, p. 420 –421 [original description]

Bunodosoma californicum Carlgren, 1951 : Fautin 2013 (spelling amended)

Material examined. (See Appendix 1).

Short description. (See Daly 2004a; Quesada et al. 2015; Barragán et al. 2019)

Natural history. Bunodosoma californicum inhabits the intertidal zone, attached to rocks, in tide pools and crevices, in protected sites ( Daly 2004a; Barragán et al. 2019).

Distribution. This species has been reported in Mexico, El Salvador and Costa Rica. In Mexico is found in Cabo Pulmo, Puerto Escondido, Cerritos, Espíritu Santo Island, Tecolote, Punta Coyote and Balandra, along the coast of Baja California Sur; in Los Angeles Bay, in the coast of Baja California; and in Puerto Peñasco and Tiburon Island, in the coast of Sonora ( Carlgren 1949, 1951; Daly 2004a; Hendrickx et al. 2005; Quesada et al. 2015; Barragán et al. 2019). This is the first record for Playa Esmeralda, in Baja California; and in Punta Eugenia, Bahía Asunción, Punta Abreojos and San Juanico, in Baja California Sur.

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FIGURE 2. A) Anthopleura dowii, B) Bunodosoma californicum, C) Bunodosoma grande, D) Isoaulactinia hespervolita, E) Phymactis papillosa.