Corallimorphus denhartogi Fautin, White, and Pearson, 2002

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 : 7

Corallimorphus denhartogi Fautin, White, and Pearson, 2002

( Figures 1–2, Appendix 2)

No synonyms

Diagnosis. Column short and discoidal ( Figure 1); oral disc to approximately 70 mm diameter; ectoderm sloughed off nearly all specimens. Mouth small (less than 1/3 oral disc diameter), ovoid; lips around mouth indistinct. Tentacles short and capitate, acrospheres typically broken off. Discal tentacles short, all about same size (2 mm long); marginal tentacles in three sizes (approximately 12 large, 12 medium, 24 small), to 8 mm long. Marginal:discal tentacles in approximately 2:1 ratio; about 72 total. Pedal disc slightly concave. For a detailed description of C. denhartogi , see Fautin et al. (2002).

Cnidae. Spirocysts, basitrichs, holotrichs, microbasic p -mastigophores, microbasic b -mastigophores.

Distribution. Corallimorphus denhartogi was originally described from California to Oregon at depths of 2,550 to 4,300 m ( Fautin et al. 2002). All specimens we examined occur within the previously known range ( Figure 2).

Material examined. See Appendix 2.