Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) of the World: An annotated catalogue and key to species

STAMPAR, S.; LOPES, C. S. S.; ACUÑA, F. H.; REIMER, J. D.; CERIELLO, H. ; MORANDINI, A. C.; MARONNA, M. M.; SANTOS, T. B.

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Lugar: SOFIA; Año: 2020 vol. 952 p. 1 - 63

1313-2989

The diversity of Ceriantharia is known from studies formally describing species from the late 18th Century onwards. However, no nomenclators including a list and discussion of all valid species have been produced since a list discussed by Carlgren in 1912. The present nomenclator presents a complete list of adult species of Ceriantharia of the World, including a discussion on each species. It includes the three families (Arachnactidae, Botrucnidiferidae, Cerianthidae) and the currently accepted 54 species based on their adult form. This study serves as a presentation of the ?state-of-the-art? list of species of Ceriantharia, and includes a species identification key to support taxonomic identification. Additional in-depth species-by-species investigations for almost all cerianthid species is still needed, as the information available for most of these species is quite superficial.