Chondrophellia Carlgren, 1925

Gusmão, Luciana C. & Rodríguez, Estefanía, 2021, Deep-Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) From The South Atlantic, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (444), pp. 1-73 : 36

Genus Chondrophellia Carlgren, 1925

DIAGNOSIS (modified from Zelnio et al., 2009; modifications in bold): Hormathiidae with welldeveloped pedal disc. Body elongated, without cinclides, divisible into scapus and scapulus; scapus with cuticle and tubercles distally, 12 or 24 short rows of conspicuous tubercles. Scapulus longitudinally sulcated. Very strong mesogleal marginal sphincter. Tentacles hexamerously arranged. Longitudinal muscles of tentacles and radial muscles of oral disc ectodermal. Six pairs of perfect mesenteries. Mesenteries of oldest cycles, including directives, fertile, with filaments and acontia. Mesenteries of youngest full cycle and of any subsequent partial cycles present only proximally, sterile, without filaments or acontia. Same number or fewer mesenteries at midcolumn than distally or proximally. Below actinopharynx, inner part of nondirective mesenteries may curve toward exoceles. Perfect and stronger imperfect mesenteries with diffuse retractors; retractors usually fairly close to body wall. Parietobasilar muscles weak. Acontia well developed. Cnidom: Spirocysts, basitrichs, p -mastigophores A, and p -mastigophores B1.

TYPE SPECIES: Actinauge nodosa var. coronata Verrill, 1883 , by original designation.

VALID SPECIES: Chondrophellia africana Carlgren, 1928a ; C. coronata ; and C. orangina Zelnio et al., 2009 .