Cnidanthus
Cnidanthus polaris
Characteristics
Actinostolidae with broad pedal disc. Column smooth, rather thin. Margin distinct. Sphincter mesogloeal, rather well developed. Tentacles short and thick, with scattered microbasic b-mastigophors, the inner longer than the outer. Longitudinal muscles of tentacles and radial muscles of oral disc mesogloeal. 2 well developed siphonoglyphs. Mesenteries and tentacles the same in number? At least the mesenteries of the two first cycles perfect. Retractors diffuse, rather weak, parietobasilar muscles distinct. All mesenteries, including the directives, fertile. Cnidom: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic b-mastigophors and probably microbasic p-mastigophors.References
Carlgren, O. 1949. A Survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakadamiens Handlingar, series 4, volume 1, number 1.
About This Page
The information provided on this page is based on Oscar Carlgren's 1949 catalog.Copyright © 1949 Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Please note that Carlgren's text contains a number of errors, and much of the information is now out of date. An update of the catalog is currently under preparation in Daphne Fautin's laboratory, and the results of this work will be incorporated in future versions of this page.
Keyboarding of Carlgren's catalog was done as part of a project to create an electronic database of the sea anemones of the world, funded by NSF Grant DEB9521819, awarded to Daphne G. Fautin. This grant is in the program Partnerships to Enhance Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET). Susanne Hauswaldt, Katherine Pearson, and April Wakefield-Pagels contributed to the keyboarding effort.
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