Liponema brevicorne ( McMurrich, 1893 )

Fautin, D. G., 2012, Taxonomy and distribution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) from deep water of the northeastern Pacific, Zootaxa 3375, pp. 1-80 : 40-41

Liponema brevicorne ( McMurrich, 1893)

( Figures 30–31, Appendix 13)

Synonym

Bolocera brevicornis: McMurrich, 1893

Diagnosis. Oral disc of preserved specimens tan to pink; diameter to approximately 100 mm, expanded so completely hides short column; covered in short tentacles ( Figure 30), one tentacle per endocoel, more than one per exocoel. Tentacles deciduous (as typical for members of Liponema ); sphincter muscle at base of each. Bottoms of jars with preserved specimens often filled with detached tentacles. For a detailed description of L. brevicorne , see McMurrich (1893); Dunn and Bakus (1977) redescribed the species.

Cnidae. Spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic p -mastigophores.

Distribution. Liponema brevicorne was originally described from north of the Channel Islands, at 757 m ( McMurrich 1893). Additional specimens, including some examined by us, have been collected throughout the North Pacific to the Aleutian Islands and Japan, extending the depth range of the species to 102 to 4,134 m (Figure

Taxonomic remarks. Bolocera , the genus in which this species was described, is feminine, so the species name was rendered brevicornis ; the proper first Latin declension adjective form for the neuter genus, Liponema , is brevicorne .

Material examined. See Appendix 13.