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Species Anthothoe albocincta (Hutton, 1878)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Diagnosis

Column cylindrical, broader than high; yellowish-orange, vertically striped with yellowish-green, each band having a central line of darker green. Disc circular; reddish orange or brick red, radially streaked with darker; margin not beaded; mouth elevated, round; throat ribbed. Tentacles, up to 160, in four indistinct rows round the disc, short, about half the diameter of the disc, conical with blunt points, and often much swollen at the base; opaque white. Sometimes the column is vertically streaked with red and white. Marginal sphincter muscle alveolar, strong and broad, occupies almost the whole mesoglea. At least first cycle of mesenteries sterile. Strong retractors, weak parietobasilar muscles.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 NYNANTHEAE Carlgren, 1899 13-Aug-2013 MOVED Dr Bronwen Scott
05-Aug-2022 28-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 28-Jul-2010 MODIFIED
13-Jul-2010 MODIFIED