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Relicanthus Daphneae
''Boloceroides daphneae'' is a cnidarian which occurs in the depths of the East Pacific Rise and was described in 2006. Taxonomy While the species is currently recognized as a sea anemone, a phylogenetic study was completed in 2014, in which three genes of mitochondrial DNA and two genes from the nucleus of over a hundred different sea anemones were compared, suggesting that the species instead belongs in a new Order (biology), order. A new genus, ''Relicanthus'', was named to accommodate this alternate classification. The specific name (zoology), specific name ''daphneae'' is after Daphne Gail Fautin, "in honor of her contributions to actinarian systematics." In December 2019 the American Museum of Natural History announced that research had placed it in a new suborder of Actiniaria, rather than a new order. Description ''B. daphneae'' has a pink-colored cylindrical body capable of reaching a metre across, with long, thin, whitish tentacles up to two meters in length. The bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Relicanthus Daphneae
''Boloceroides daphneae'' is a cnidarian which occurs in the depths of the East Pacific Rise and was described in 2006. Taxonomy While the species is currently recognized as a sea anemone, a phylogenetic study was completed in 2014, in which three genes of mitochondrial DNA and two genes from the nucleus of over a hundred different sea anemones were compared, suggesting that the species instead belongs in a new Order (biology), order. A new genus, ''Relicanthus'', was named to accommodate this alternate classification. The specific name (zoology), specific name ''daphneae'' is after Daphne Gail Fautin, "in honor of her contributions to actinarian systematics." In December 2019 the American Museum of Natural History announced that research had placed it in a new suborder of Actiniaria, rather than a new order. Description ''B. daphneae'' has a pink-colored cylindrical body capable of reaching a metre across, with long, thin, whitish tentacles up to two meters in length. The bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
