Species Epiactis australiensis Carlgren, 1950

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epiactis australiensis Carlgren, O. 1950. Actinaria and Zoantharia from South Australia. Arkiv för Zoologi 20: 121-135 [125-127].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMLU 202 Kat.2, SA, Marine Rocks, 0-3 m.

  Secondary source:

   Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Diagnosis

Pale pink. Pedal disc, approximately 20 mm diameter, well developed. Smooth cylindrical column, to 32 mm; brown red, bright red, or dark green colour. Deep fosse. Pseudospherules at margin. Marginal sphincter muscle circumscribed with thin main lamellae. Tentacles, up to 60, conical when preserved. Two well-developed siphonoglyphs with directives. Almost all mesenteries perfect. Retractor muscle of mesenteries form thick band in middle of mesenteries. Parietobasilar muscles strong.

General References

Carlgren, O. 1954. Actiniaria and Zoantharia from south and west Australia with comments upon some Actiniaria from New Zealand. Arkiv för Zoologi 6: 571–595

Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm

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