Epiparactis
Epiparactis dubia
Characteristics
Actinostolidae with well developed pedal disc. Column smooth with thick mesogloea, without distinct margin. Sphincter mesogloeal, not strong. Tentacles rather short, closely packed at the outer rim of the wide oral disc, arranged in at least 2 cycles, the inner longer than the outer, without basal thickenings or nematocyst-batteries. Longitudinal muscles of tentacles and radial muscles of oral disc ectodermal. 2 distinct siphonoglyphs. Mesenteries considerably more numerous than tentacles, arranged in 5 cycles, thin. Only 6 pairs perfect. Retractors diffuse, very weak. Cnidom: spirocysts (very large), basitrichs, 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Please note that Carlgren's text contains a number of errors, and much of the information is now out of date.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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