On Pseudocorynactis species and another related genus from the Indo-Pacific (Anthozoa:corallimorphidae)
- Ocaña Vicente, Oscar
- Hartog, J.C. den
- Brito Hernández, Alberto Miguel
- Bos, A.R.
ISSN: 1130-4723
Année de publication: 2009
Volumen: 21
Número: 3-4
Pages: 9-34
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum
Résumé
Tentacles development is important for the Corallimorphidae in terms of speciation, being interesting to discuss about the presence of different evolutionary levels in tentacle anatomy. We studied three species of Corallimorpharia belonging two of them to Pseiidocorynactis and one to the new genus Paracorynactis. The extendible capability of the tentacles is proposed to make difference among the above mentioned genera. The species Pseudocorynactis globulifera from the Red Sea is include in this genus for the first time, we also have described the new species Pseudocorynactis tuberculata from Indonesia and Maldives. The help control of Paracorynactis hoplites on the crown of thorns sea stars population is exposed.