Tanyostea wolverini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleralcyonacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Classis: Octocorallia Ordo: Scleralcyonacea

Familia: Keratoisididae
Genera: Tanyostea
Species: Tanyostea wolverini

Name

Tanyostea wolverini Lapointe, A. & Watling, L., 2022

Type locality: Mongrel / South Hills, Tasmanian Seamounts, collected on 21 December 2008, 44°14′37″S 147°07′20″E / 44.2437°S 147.1222°E / -44.2437; 147.1222, 1180 m, 3.65° C bottom temp.

Holotype: TMAG K3852

Etymology: The species is named in honor of Wolverine, a Marvel Comics superhero. The long, sharp sclerites protruding between the tentacles bases on the abaxial side of the polyp superficially resemble Wolverine’s bladed claws.

References

Lapointe, A. & Watling, L. 2022. Towards a revision of the bamboo corals (Octocorallia): Part 5, new genera and species of Keratoisididae from the Tasmanian deep sea. Zootaxa 5168(2): 137–157. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.2.3 Reference page.