Species Isactinia carlgreni Lager, 1911

Museums

Regional Maps

• Isactinia carlgreni Lager, E. 1911. Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 3 pp. 215-249. [226-228].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) WAM Z885, Denham, Sharks Bay, WA, 0 m [25°52'S, 113°55'E]; NHRM 4268, Denham, Sharks Bay, WA, 0 m [25°52'S, 113°55'E]; MNUB 5438, Denham, Sharks Bay, WA, 0 m [25°52'S, 113°55'E]; ZMH C5333, Denham, Sharks Bay, WA, 0 m [25°52'S, 113°55'E]; ZMH C5339, Cossack, WA, 5 m [20°41'S, 117°13'E].

  Secondary source:

   Griffith, J.K. & Fromont, J. 1998. A catalogue of recent Cnidaria type specimens in the Western Australian Museum of Natural Science, Perth. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 223–239.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Diagnosis

Cylindrical column to 2.9 cm height, 1.5 cm diameter, brownish green with dark furrows. Pedal disc 1.7 cm diameter, with radial grooves. Tentacles with dark spots on inner side, inner longer than outer. Oral disc with radial striation. Acrorhagi present. Actinopharynx longitudinally furrowed, with two siphonoglyphs. Up to four orders of mesenteries, including two pairs of directives. First two orders complete, first order mesenteries (except directives) fertile. Marginal sphincter is well developed, diffuse, high folds. Longitudinal retractor muscles of the mesenteries well developed with large branched folds. Oral and marginal stomata present.

General References

Griffith, J.K. & Fromont, J. 1998. A catalogue of recent Cnidaria type specimens in the Western Australian Museum of Natural Science, Perth. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 223–239

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