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Family HALOCLAVIDAE Verrill, 1899

Diagnosis

Body elongate, aboral end physa-like or forming a physa sometimes broadly adherent. Column either smooth or with hollow or solid papillae or suckers rarely with cinclides, rarely divisible into physa, scapus, and scapulus. No sphincter or rarely a weak or moderately developed diffuse one. Tentacles short, sometimes capitate, usuall simple, never numerous, inner shorter or same length as outer ones. A single, ventral, usually very strong siphonglyph, which is occasionally more or less completely separated from the other part of the actinopharynx, and sometimes drawn out at its oral end into a more or less folded conchula. Perfect pairs of mesenteries varying in number, usually they are all macrocnemes. Retractors usually strong.

 

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