Cerianthus filiformis Carlgren, 1924

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

10 Cerianthus filiformis Carlgren, 1924

In part Cerianthus orientalis Verrill 1865: 151

Cerianthus sp. 1 Wassilieff 1908: 46

Cerianthus sp. 2 Wassilieff 1908: 46

Cerianthus filiformis Carlgren, 1924: 169-173; Uchida 1979: 195-197; Song 1986: 79-87; Song and Lee 1998: 239-240; Song 1998: 195-198; Pei 1998: 179-180; Song 2000: 324-326; Uchida and Soyama 2001: 127, 150, 152

Cerianthus misakiensis Nakamoto, 1923: 167

Type locality.

Aburatsubo Bay, Miura, Japan.

Distribution.

South Japan, South Korea, Korea (East China Sea), and China (Yellow Sea), at 1-50 m depth.

Remarks.

There are some detailed descriptions about this species (e.g., Nakamoto 1923; Carlgren 1924). Uchida (1979) described the color variation of specimens from Japan (Kushimoto) and some ecological aspects. The same author also compared C. filiformis to other specimens described from the same area and concluded that all specimens belonged to the same species. This assumption includes the specimen from Okinose Bank, Sagami Bay (Kanagawa, Japan) described by Wassilieff as C. orientalis Verril, 1865. This specimen is deposited in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM; 173/D65) and does not belong to the genus Cerianthus but to Ceriantheomorphe (S. Stampar pers. obs.). It is not very well preserved, but the overall organization of the mesenteries is quite consistent with that of Ceriantheomorphe ambonensis (Kwietniewski, 1898). The occurrence of Ceriantheomorphe in Japanese waters was also discussed by Molodtsova (2001b).

Type material.

Lund Museum of Zoology - MZLU L930/3095b (Syntype).