Bunodosoma grande ( Verrill, 1869 )

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 grande ( Verrill, 1869)

( Figure 2C )

Alicia grandis ( Verrill, 1869) : Haddon & Shackleton, 1893, p. 128

Bunodosoma grandis ( Verrill, 1869) : Carlgren, 1949, p. 52

Cladactis grandis Verrill, 1869, p. 472 –473 [original description]

Cystiactis grandis Duerden, 1897, p. 4

Eucladactis grandis ( Verrill, 1869) : Verrill, 1899, p. 49–50

Phymactis grandis ( Verrill, 1869) : Stephenson, 1922, p. 285

(?) Bunodosoma grande ( Verrill, 1869) : Fautin et al. 2007

[non] Bunodosoma grande ( Verrill, 1869) in Verrill 1870: Fautin, 2013

Material examined. (See Appendix 1).

Short description. (See Fautin et al. 2007; Barragán et al. 2019)

Natural history. Bunodosoma grande inhabits the intertidal zone to about 5 m deep, abundant in the shallow subtidal. Subtidal individuals can be found on exposed surfaces, occasionally surrounded by encrusting sponges ( Fautin et al. 2007). The specimen collected in Magdalena Bay was found attached to a mangrove trunk.

Distribution. Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Ecuador and Perú ( Verrill 1869, 1870; Carlgren 1949; Häussermann 2004; Fautin et al. 2007; Acuña et al. 2013; Barragán et al. 2019). This is the first record for Punta Abreojos, Punta Eugenia and Bahía Magdalena, along the coast of Baja California.

Figures

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