Deep-sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) from off the northeastern coast of Brazil: new records and description of Stephanauge prima sp. nov. Author Targino, Alessandra K. G. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Grupo de Pesquisa em Antozoários, Departamento de Biologia, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n - 52171 - 900, Dois Irmãos, Recife - PE, Brazil. Author De Melo, Yago A. Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré, 481 - 04263 - 000, Ipiranga, São Paulo - SP, Brazil. Author Gomes, Paula B. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Grupo de Pesquisa em Antozoários, Departamento de Biologia, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s / n - 52171 - 900, Dois Irmãos, Recife - PE, Brazil. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-01-14 5569 2 328 344 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.6 journal article 307858 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.6 a46c1c74-1e83-4a44-8229-60c7dded18e7 1175-5326 14734022 E33541E2-C896-4889-8C03-337DD61509EE

TABLE 1. Comparison of all Stephanauge species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean and S. prima sp. nov. Inside parenthesis, number of cycles. Symbols:? = Information not available in the original description or subsequent publications; * = Original author not sure about the information. Taxa references: 1- Moseley (1877), 2- Hertwig (1882), 3- Verrill (1883), 4- Carlgren (1936), 5- Gravier (1918), 6- Molodstova et al. (2008), 7- De Clippele et al. 2015, 8- Widersten (1976), 9- Sebens (1998).

Species	Locality	Pedal disc	Epibiosis	Tentacles	Rows of	Pairs of	Perfect	Fertile	Acontia
				(cycles)	tubercles	mesenteries	cycles of	mesenteries
						(cycles)	mesenteries
S. prima sp.	South	Flat or	On gastropod	96 (4)	24	48 (4)	First	All fertile,	Yes
nov.	Atlantic	grasping	shell					except fourth
								cycle and
								directives
S. abyssicola	North	Flat	On Octocoral	60 (2)	Small and	45-501	No data	All fertile,	No
(type)1, 2	Atlantic				smooth			except first
								cycle
S. acanella 3	North		On Acanella sp.	140 (5–6)	Smooth	50 (5)	No data	No Data	No
Atlantic
S. annularis 4	North		on Balticina sp.	96 (?)	Smooth	48 (?)	First	All fertile,	No*
	Atlantic							except
								directives
S. impedita 5	North	Grasping	Sponge spicules	? (3)	No data	? (4)	First	All fertile,	No
	Atlantic							except fourth
								cycle and
								directives
S.	North	Grasping	On Acanella sp.	60 (3)	No	No data	First	All fertile,	No data
inornata 5,6,7	Atlantic							except
								directives
S. nexilis 3,7,8,9	North	Grasping	On rocks, dead	72-78*	26	78 (5)	More than	Only first cycle	Yes
	Atlantic		shells, sponges,	<100			six
	and		pennatulaceans
Southeast
Pacific
S.	North	Flat or	Hydroids,	51 (3–6)	No	? (2, 3 or	Variable	Only first cycle	Yes
spongicola 3,8	Atlantic	grasping	sponges, rocks,	70-80		more)
			worm tubes