Genus Macrodactyla Haddon, 1898

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macrodactyla Haddon, A.C. 1898. The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 6(2): 393-520 [395, 431].

  Type species:

   Condylactis aspera Haddon & Shackleton, 1893 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Diagnosis

Actiniidae with a distinct base, pedal disc narrower than oral disc. Column with adhesive verrucae in its upper part, but without marginal spherules. Fosse absent or deep. Endodermal marginal sphincter restricted, rather weak. Tentacles long and stout, about 48, the inner considerably longer than the outer. Actinopharynx with two siphonoglyphs. Mesenteries in six perfect pairs with two pairs of directives, all fertile. Retractor muscles band-like but restricted. Parietobasilar muscles well developed, forming a fold. Cnidom: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic p-mastigophores.

General References

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

History of changes