Admin Meerwasser-Lexikon
Info
Yap Trench is a deep-sea channel up to 8850 m deep and 560 km long in the western Pacific Ocean
Paraphelliactis yapensis is a sea anemone that resembles the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, when a fly touches the Venus flytrap's trigger bristles, the trap snaps shut.
The prey catch of Paraphelliactis tangi works on the same principle.
The deep-sea anemone was found in a deep-sea channel, the Yap Trench, which forms a deep-sea channel up to 8850 m deep and 560 km long in the western Pacific Ocean
The holotype had attached to sponge needles, and was collected on December 15, 2014.
Paratypes of the anemone were attached to sponges;
Habitats: Foraminifera mud in association with and also without manganese nodules.
The deep-water sea anemone was discovered and collected using the FX-Dive 16 (Discovery) ROUV submersible.
Brief info:
Body column covered with brown cubicula, height 2.7cm - 10.4cm.
diameter of pedal disc 0,18cm - cm 98cm
Mouth disc red, bilobed, 75 - 90 tentacles4l
Tentacles smooth, tapering, arranged alternately in two cycles, the inner and outer ones unequal. Length up to 1.0 cm
Etymology. Named after the seamount/location (near the Yap Trench) where the species was discovered.
Paraphelliactis yapensis is a sea anemone that resembles the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, when a fly touches the Venus flytrap's trigger bristles, the trap snaps shut.
The prey catch of Paraphelliactis tangi works on the same principle.
The deep-sea anemone was found in a deep-sea channel, the Yap Trench, which forms a deep-sea channel up to 8850 m deep and 560 km long in the western Pacific Ocean
The holotype had attached to sponge needles, and was collected on December 15, 2014.
Paratypes of the anemone were attached to sponges;
Habitats: Foraminifera mud in association with and also without manganese nodules.
The deep-water sea anemone was discovered and collected using the FX-Dive 16 (Discovery) ROUV submersible.
Brief info:
Body column covered with brown cubicula, height 2.7cm - 10.4cm.
diameter of pedal disc 0,18cm - cm 98cm
Mouth disc red, bilobed, 75 - 90 tentacles4l
Tentacles smooth, tapering, arranged alternately in two cycles, the inner and outer ones unequal. Length up to 1.0 cm
Etymology. Named after the seamount/location (near the Yap Trench) where the species was discovered.
