Edwardsia

Daly, Marymegan & Ljubenkov, John C., 2008, Edwardsiid sea anemones of California (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae), with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 1860, pp. 1-27 : 5

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Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842

Edwardsiidae with body divisible into physa, scapus, and capitulum; physa short, ampullaceous, without nemathybomes or periderm. Scapus long, with nemathybomes. At least 12 tentacles in adults; inner ones shorter than outer ones. Eight fertile, filamentbearing perfect mesenteries. Retractors relatively large, welldeveloped, diffuse to reniform; parietal muscles distinct, symmetrical, well developed. Cnidom: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic b , p , and t mastigophores, pterotrichs.

Type species. Edwardsia beautempsii de Quatrefages, 1842 by subsequent designation ( Carlgren 1949; Fautin 2007; Fautin et al. 2007). Carlgren (1949), following other authors (e.g., Fisher 1887, Delphy 1938) gave the species epithet as “ beautempsi .”

Remarks. Not all types of cnidae are known from all species of the genus (see discussion).

References

Carlgren, O. (1949) A Survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Handlingar 4 th Series, 1, 1 - 121.

Delphy, J. (1938) Les actinies athenaires (Actiniaria Athenaria) de la faune Francaise. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 10, 619 - 622.

Fisher, P. (1887) Contribution a l'Actinologie Francaise. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, 5, 381 - 442.

de Quatrefages, A. (1842) Mmoire sur les Edwardsies. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 18, 65 - 109.