Species Charisella elongata Carlgren, 1950
- Charisella elongata Carlgren, O. 1950. Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(7): 427-457 [431-433].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1954.6.28.27, QLD, Great Barrier Reef, Low Isles.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Small aboral end. Column cylindrical (up to 25mm length and 7mm wide), smooth, without a cuticule, provided with a ring of perforated pseudospherules. Very weak diffuse sphincter. Tentacles short, about 48. Two distinct siphonoglyphs. 48 pairs of mesenteries, two pairs of directives. Mesenteries of the first and second cycles perfect and provided with retractors and filaments. Retractors of the mesenteries diffuse, somewhat restricted. Outer parts of the perfect mesenteries thin throughout, their muscles very weak. Near the base, the inner parts of the mesenteries are provided with longitudinal muscles on both sides. Microcnemes weak, thin. Basical muscles distinct but rather weak. Number of mesenteries the same proximally and distally.
General References
Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |