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Corallizoanthus aureus Kise, Bessho-Uehara, Kondo, Shimoji, Ito, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Reimer, 2025
1873585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1873585)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kise, H.; Bessho-Uehara, M.; Kondo, K. C. F.; Shimoji, K.; Ito, S.; Tsuchida, S.; Fujiwara, Y.; Reimer, J. D. (2025). Glow in the D-ARK: a new bioluminescent species of <i>Corallizoanthus</i> (Anthozoa: Zoantharia: Parazoanthidae) from southern Japan. <em>Royal Society Open Science.</em> 12(11): 250890., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250890 [details] Available for editors 
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Description External morphology. Polyps found on all over the surface of Pleurocorallium inutile Kishinouye, 1903. Some polyps unitary,...
Distribution Corallizoanthus aureus sp. nov. has been found only on Pleurocorallium inutile, at depths of 245−400 m, from Tanegashima...
Etymology The specific name derives from ‘aureus’ meaning ‘golden’ in Latin.
Description External morphology. Polyps found on all over the surface of Pleurocorallium inutile Kishinouye, 1903. Some polyps unitary, others colonial polyps connected by thin stolon. Polyps growing over axis and branches of P. inutile. Living polyp, tentacles and oral disk bright yellow. Contracted preserved polyps pale yellow in coloration, 2.0−8.0 mm in height, 2.0−5.0 mm in diameter, tentacles and oral disk pale yellow. Tentacles 24−26 in number, capitulary ridges visible 12−13 in number when contracted. Surface of column rough and ectoderm continuous. Internal morphology. Azooxanthellate. Cyclically transitional marginal musculature. Encircling sinus indiscernible and basal canals of mesenteries absent. Mesenteries 24−26 in number, in macrocnemic arrangement. Column mesoglea thickness 90−150 μm at level of actinopharynx. Actinopharynx unfurrowed. Siphonoglyph distinct and U-shaped. Mesenterial filaments present. Complete mesenteries infertile. [details]
Distribution Corallizoanthus aureus sp. nov. has been found only on Pleurocorallium inutile, at depths of 245−400 m, from Tanegashima...
Distribution Corallizoanthus aureus sp. nov. has been found only on Pleurocorallium inutile, at depths of 245−400 m, from Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima, Japan [37] and Minamidaito Island, Okinawa, Japan. [details]
Etymology The specific name derives from ‘aureus’ meaning ‘golden’ in Latin.
Etymology The specific name derives from ‘aureus’ meaning ‘golden’ in Latin. [details]
Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2026). World List of Zoantharia. Corallizoanthus aureus Kise, Bessho-Uehara, Kondo, Shimoji, Ito, Tsuchida, Fujiwara & Reimer, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1873585 on 2026-09-28
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Kise, H.; Bessho-Uehara, M.; Kondo, K. C. F.; Shimoji, K.; Ito, S.; Tsuchida, S.; Fujiwara, Y.; Reimer, J. D. (2025). Glow in the D-ARK: a new bioluminescent species of <i>Corallizoanthus</i> (Anthozoa: Zoantharia: Parazoanthidae) from southern Japan. <em>Royal Society Open Science.</em> 12(11): 250890., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250890 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NSMT Co1915, verbatimGeounit Northwest off Minami... [details]
Paratype NSMT Co1919, verbatimGeounit Northwest off Minami... [details]
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Description External morphology. Polyps found on all over the surface of Pleurocorallium inutile Kishinouye, 1903. Some polyps unitary, others colonial polyps connected by thin stolon. Polyps growing over axis and branches of P. inutile. Living polyp, tentacles and oral disk bright yellow. Contracted preserved polyps pale yellow in coloration, 2.0−8.0 mm in height, 2.0−5.0 mm in diameter, tentacles and oral disk pale yellow. Tentacles 24−26 in number, capitulary ridges visible 12−13 in number when contracted. Surface of column rough and ectoderm continuous. Internal morphology. Azooxanthellate. Cyclically transitional marginal musculature. Encircling sinus indiscernible and basal canals of mesenteries absent. Mesenteries 24−26 in number, in macrocnemic arrangement. Column mesoglea thickness 90−150 μm at level of actinopharynx. Actinopharynx unfurrowed. Siphonoglyph distinct and U-shaped. Mesenterial filaments present. Complete mesenteries infertile. [details]Diagnosis Species with 24−26 tentacles, polyps growing over axis and branches of Pleurocorallium. Cyclically transitional marginal musculature, actinopharynx unfurrowed [details]
Distribution Corallizoanthus aureus sp. nov. has been found only on Pleurocorallium inutile, at depths of 245−400 m, from Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima, Japan [37] and Minamidaito Island, Okinawa, Japan. [details]
Etymology The specific name derives from ‘aureus’ meaning ‘golden’ in Latin. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | golden glow zoantharian | [details] |
| Japanese | uhuagari-akasango-sunaginchaku (ウフアガリアカサンゴスナギンチャク） | [details] |
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