Homostichanthidae
Homostichanthus duerdeni
Characteristics
Homostichanthidae: Thenaria (Endomyaria) with well developed base. Column smooth, its distal part somewhat folded. Sphincter very weak, restricted. Tentacles all of one sort, simple short, radially arranged over the endocoels as well as over the exocoels. Numerous perfect mesenteries.Homostichanthus: Homostichanthidae with rather elongate body the distal part of which is much folded. Margin somewhat crenulated, fosse slight. Sphincter very weak, restricted. Tentacles very short, smooth, slightly capitate with numerous basitrichs in their tips, arranged in a single row over each endo- and exocoel their longitudinal muscles ectodermal. 2 well developed siphonoglyphs. Numerous perfect pairs of mesenteries, many with diffuse retractors. Parietobasilar muscles well developed. All stronger mesenteries fertile. Considerably more mesenteries distally than proximally. Cnidom: spirocysts, 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.
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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Please note that Carlgren's text contains a number of errors, and much of the information is now out of date.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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