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Species Cricophorus nutrix (Stuckey, 1909)

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Diagnosis

Wide pedal disc with thin cuticle. Column conical, smooth, no cinclides; deep brown, sometimes greenish, blue, or yellow. Oral disc iridescent bright green, but colour variable. Margin distinct. Sphincter transversally stratified, in upper part sometimes reticular. Tentacles to 96, inner more than twice as long as outer, short, fine and smooth. Mesenteries in 4-5 cycles, last cycle only in proximal part. Embryos developing in an annular invagination around the column in its proximal half.

 

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 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