Edwardsia delapiae
Edwardsia delapiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Actiniaria |
Family: | Edwardsiidae |
Genus: | Edwardsia |
Species: | E. delapiae
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Binomial name | |
Edwardsia delapiae Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928[1]
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Edwardsia delapiae is a species of sea anemone which is currently only known from its type locality in South-West Ireland.[1]
Description[]
This species of sea anemone has an elongated column; divided into scapus and scapulus. There are 16 tentacles arranged in two equal cycles of 8. The tentacles are transparent, with a white ring at the base and sometimes a little white coloration near the tip. Column up to 80 mm in length when fully extended, span of tentacles to 40 mm.[2]
Range[]
This sea anemone is currently only known from , Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Habitat[]
Edwardsia delapiae lives buried in mud and extends its tentacles across the surface of the substrate.
Etymology[]
This species was named after its discoverer, Maude Delap.
References[]
- ^ a b Carlgren, O. & Stephenson, T.A., 1928. The British Edwardsidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 15(1): 1-31.
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Edwardsia delapiae Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland, accessed on 2020-09-16.
Categories:
- Edwardsia
- Actiniaria stubs