Botruanthus mexicanus Stampar, Gonzalez-Munoz & Morandini, 2017

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

43 Botruanthus mexicanus Stampar, Gonzalez-Munoz & Morandini, 2017

Botruanthus mexicanus Stampar et al., 2017: 113-118

Type locality.

off Veracruz, Mexico.

Distribution.

Gulf of Mexico, intertidal to shallow waters.

Remarks.

This species was recently described by specimens from the intertidal zone in reefs of Central Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico. Morphological characterization is quite easy, as the number of anatomical characters allow its distinction in relation to B. benedeni . There have been no studies on ecological or biological aspects of this species.

Type material.

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo; MZUSP 002757 (Holotype).