Re-description of Parabunodactis imperfecta Zamponi & Acuña, 1992

Abstract

The identification of sea anemones requires characteristics that can only be seen through dissection and on histological slides, and can only be interpreted by specialists. Furthermore, in vivo photos add information such as colour, shape and size that can help to already identify specimens in the field that are hard to differentiate in preserved state, but easily distinguished alive (Häussermann 2004). Therefore redescriptions of the numerous species including characteristics of in vivo and preserved specimens are needed to enable biologists to identify these animals and thus include them into their studies and monitoring programs.