Ceriantheopsis nikitai Molodtsova, 2001

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

7 Ceriantheopsis nikitai Molodtsova, 2001

Ceriantheopsis nikitai Molodtsova, 2001a: 773-780; Stampar et al. 2015c: 1475, 1480

Type locality.

Benguela Upwelling System, Namibia.

Distribution.

Only known from deep water at the type locality (145-240 m depth).

Remarks.

This species was recently described and has not been the subject of any study since the original description of the species by Molodtsova (2001a). Recorded only from a restricted area in Namibia, this species occurs sympatrically with two other species, Botrucnidifer shtokmani and Cerianthus malakhovi . These three species were found in the same upwelling system, which suggests that they can also occur in deeper areas.

Type material.

Zoological Museum of Moscow University - ZMMU UE-97 (Holotype).