Neophellia
Neophellia mutsuensis
Characteristics
Isanthidae with well developed pedal disc. Column divisible into scapus and scapulus, on the former sand-grains may adhere (tentaculi [sic] present?). Sphincter strong, mesogloeal. Tentacles up to about 100, the inner longer than the outer ones, their longitudinal muscles ectodermal. Mesenteries divisible into macro- and microcnemes. 12 pairs of mesenteries perfect with filaments and gonads. One mesentery of each pair of the second cycle is, however, weaker than its partner and is devoid of retractor which is present in the other perfect mesenteries. Retractors restricted to almost circumscribed. Microcnemes weak without filaments. Probably more mesenteries distally than proximally.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Please note that Carlgren's text contains a number of errors, and much of the information is now out of date.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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