Cerianthus andamanensis Alcock, 1893

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

8 Cerianthus andamanensis Alcock, 1893

Cerianthus andamanensis Alcock, 1893: 153; Carlgren 1896: 174; Pax 1910: 167; Molodtsova 2001b: 913

(?) Cerianthus andamanensis : Haldar 1981: 60-61

Type locality.

off Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Distribution.

Only known from shallow water at the type locality.

Remarks.

The species description is based on three specimens from Port Blair in the Andaman Sea ( Alcock 1893); it is very simple with scant information on anatomy. The only two useful pieces of published information are related to the size of the preserved specimens (up to 10 cm in length), and the number of marginal tentacles (up to 160). The specimens observed by Alcock (1893) should be placed within the family Cerianthidae , but currently it is not possible to state that this species is truly part of the genus Cerianthus , and a systematic examination of this species is needed. The material recorded by Haldar (1981) is probably not the same species since the biogeographical region is different, but owing to the absence of a detailed description no definite conclusions can be drawn.

Type material.

(?) Indian Museum.