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Genus Edwardsianthus England, 1987

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Diagnosis

Body divisible into physa, scapus, scapulus and capitulum; physa short, without nemathybomes or cuticle. Scapus long with nemathybomes sunk into mesoglea; cuticle present. Nemathybomes having only one type of nematocysts, basitrichs. Tentacles usually 20. Siphonoglyph weak, ventral. Eight perfect mesenteries (macrocnemes) and six pairs of imperfect mesenteries (microcnemes), minute and restricted to distal part of column. Imperfect mesenteries never paired with perfect mesenteries. Gonads, filaments, and parietal and retractor muscles on macrocnemes only. Parietals well developed; retractors strong-diffuse to restricted-reniform. Cnidome: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic amastigophores.

 

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 01-Mar-2011 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
13-Jul-2010 MODIFIED