Animalia KiseHirokiReimerJames DavisIguchiAkiraIseYujiTsuchidaShinjiFujiwaraYoshihiroParazoanthidae (Cnidaria, Zoantharia) associated with glass sponges on the Nishi-Shichito Ridge, northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the description of a new speciesZookeys27122024122134336210.3897/zookeys.1221.131258 A851B0FE-9CD0-5A73-8438-05E7F06730FF Churabana Kise, Montenegro & Reimer, 2021Type species.

Churabanakuroshioae Kise, Montenegro & Reimer, 2021.

Diagnosis.

(modified from the diagnosis given by Kise et al. 2022). Parazoanthidae with obligate symbiotic relationship with Pararete sponges. Preserved polyps 3.0–10.0 mm in height, 2.8–5.0 mm in diameter. Azooxanthellate. Cteniform endodermal marginal musculature.

Remarks.

We modified the generic diagnosis based on a newly collected specimen of Churabanakuroshioae. This species seems to have host specificity to Pararete species based on this study and Kise et al. (2022), although further investigations are required to confirm this.

KiseHMontenegroJSantosMEAHoeksemaBWEkinsMIseYHigashijiTFernandez-SilvaIReimerJD (2022) Evolution and phylogeny of glass-sponge-associated zoantharians, with a description of two new genera and three new species.Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society194(1): 323–347. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab068