Condylanthidae
Characteristics
Thenaria (Endomyaria) the column of which is usually divisible into scapus and scapulus. Marginal pseudospherules sometimes present. Sphincter absent, diffuse or circumscribed. Tentacles few. Longitudinal muscles of tentacles and radial muscles of oral disc ectodermal or mesogloeal. 2 siphonoglyphs. Mesenteries divisible into macro- and microcnemes, the latter often present only in the lowermost part of rhe [sic] body. Macrocnemes often 6 pairs with strong retractors, which may be circumscribed or strongly restricted. Parietobasilar muscles often very strong. Basilar muscles distinct.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Please note that Carlgren's text contains a number of errors, and much of the information is now out of date.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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