Infraorder ATHENARIA Carlgren, 1899

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Regional Maps

• Athenaria Carlgren, O. 1899. Zoantharien. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 4(1): 1-48 [4].

Diagnosis

Nyantheae without basilar muscles. Body as a rule very elongate, more or less vermiform, often divisible into different regions. Aboral end of the body usually rounded being a physa often used for diffing, which does sometimes adhere to small objects and then becomes more or less flattened. As a rule no sphincter, but when present this may be endodermal or mesogloela. Tentacles and mesenteries usually few, rarely more than 48, cyclically arranged. Mesenteries as a rule divisible into macrocnemes and microcnemes. Retractors of the macrocnemes usually strongly restricted, reniform, or circumscribed. Acontia may be present or absent.

General References

Carlgren, O. 1949. A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1: 1–121

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