Pachycerianthus aestuarii (Torrey & Kleeburger, 1909)

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

26 Pachycerianthus aestuarii (Torrey & Kleeburger, 1909)

Cerianthus aestuarii : Child, 1908: 27-53; Torrey and Kleeburger 1909: 115-119, 121, 123; Pax 1910: 167; Pei 1998: 181

Pachycerianthus aestuari : McMurrich, 1910: 11; Arai 1965: 205, 210; Arai 1971: 1680; Carter 1995: 6

Pachycerianthus aestuarii : Carlgren 1912a: 44-47; Stampar et al. 2014b: 345, 350, 352

Type locality.

Mission Bay, East Pacific, California, United States of America.

Distribution.

East Pacific, California, USA, shallow waters.

Remarks.

This species was described by Torrey and Kleeburger (1909) based on specimens obtained from Mission Bay, California. This description is not very detailed but relevant information about its morphology is available. Child (1908) described some information on the movements and regeneration of P. (Cerianthus) aestuarii and morphological adaptations in relation to the environment. Carlgren (1912a) moved the species to genus Pachycerianthus based on the original description. Arai (1965) described a new species of the same genus, P. torreyi , from a nearby area and claimed that this was not the same species as described by Torrey and Kleeburger (1909). This species was considered a synonym of P. fimbriatus by Arai (1971), which occurs in the same area as P. aestuarii .

Type material.

Not found in this study, but the original description provided a graphic representation.