Botrucnidifer shtokmani Molodtsova, 2001

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

45 Botrucnidifer shtokmani Molodtsova, 2001

Botrucnidifer shtokmani Molodtsova, 2001a: 773; Molodtsova 2001c: 1027-1036; Molodtsova et al. 2011: 1

Type locality.

off Namibia coast (southeast Atlantic), at 130-350 m depth.

Distribution.

Only known from deep water at the type locality.

Remarks.

This species was described based on dredged specimens from off the Namibian coast. This is the second species of this genus that has been sampled beyond conventional SCUBA diving depths. The description of this species (in Russian) is very detailed and addresses all the necessary characters. As discussed by Molodtsova (2001c) some larval forms of this family are recognized from this area, however the link between larval and adult stages is only possible based on molecular or developmental approaches ( Nyholm 1943; Stampar et al. 2015c).

Type material.

Zoological Museum of Moscow University - ZMMU EC-100 (holotype).

Order Penicillaria den Hartog, 1977

Number of valid taxa: one family, two genera, and nine species

Family Arachnactidae McMurrich, 1910

Number of valid taxa: two genera, and nine species