Pachycerianthus insignis Carlgren, 1951

Stampar, Sergio N., Reimer, James D., Maronna, Maximiliano M., Lopes, Celine S. S., Ceriello, Hellen, Santos, Thais B., Acuna, Fabian H. & Morandini, Andre C., 2020, Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) of the World: an annotated catalogue and key to species, ZooKeys 952, pp. 1-63 : 1

32 Pachycerianthus insignis Carlgren, 1951

Pachycerianthus insignis Carlgren, 1951: 435-436; Arai 1965: 205, 210; Arai 1971: 1679; Carter 1995: 6; Stampar et al. 2014b: 350, 352

Type locality.

El Mogote, Baja California, Mexico.

Distribution.

Gulf of California, Mexico; shallow waters.

Remarks.

Although this species occurs in an area with a long history of marine research, it is still little known, and the only study focused on this species is the original description by Carlgren (1951). The species description is based only on one individual and therefore knowledge is quite limited and morphological variation is not known to date. Thus, this species still lacks taxonomic confirmation as well as other studies.

Type material.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - USNM 49454 (Holotype).