Corallimorphus niwa new species (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), New Zealand members of Corallimorphus, and redefinition of Corallimorphidae and its members Author Fautin, Daphne Gail text Zootaxa 2011 2775 37 49 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.202799 dc75afdb-8f84-4a3a-8858-092f5b668d02 1175-5326 202799 Genus Corallimorphus Corallimorphidae occurring in deep seas. Polyps solitary. Column short relative to oral disc, which may exceed 100 mm diameter, typically broader than pedal disc. Mesoglea yellowish, hyaline, thick at least in column, commonly in oral disc. Animal stiff and cartilaginous in texture, incapable of retracting fully: column cannot cover oral disc and tentacles. No marginal sphincter muscle. In many species, only one discal tentacle communicates with each endocoel, but as many as five may do so. Two pairs of directive mesenteries (always?). Comment. Members of the genus Corallimorphus , which contains five valid species ( Fautin 2010 ) excluding the new one described below, are known from all latitudes; the recorded depth range for the genus is 30–4429 m . The new species and two previously-known ones have been recorded from the EEZ of New Zealand .