Family CONDYLANTHIDAE Stephenson, 1922

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• Condylanthidae Stephenson, T.A. 1922. On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 66(262): 247-319 [262].

  Type genus:

   Condylanthus Carlgren, 1899.

Diagnosis

Endomyaria with column usually divisible into scapus and scapulus. Marginal pseudospherules sometimes present. Sphincter absent, diffuse or circumscribed. Tentacles few. Longitudinal muscles of tentacles and radial muscles of oral disc ectodermal or mesogloeal. 2 siphonoglyphs. Mesenteries divisible into macrocnemes and microcnemes, the latter often present only in the lowermost part of the body. Macrocnemes often 6 pairs with strong retractors, which may be circumscribed or strongly restricted. Parietobasilar muscles often very strong.

General References

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

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

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