Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.641.10346 |
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Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856 |
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Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856: 37.
Type species.
Sabella marsupialis Gmelin, 1791, by monotypy.
Gender.
Masculine.
Diagnosis.
Unitary (=solitary, non-colonial) brachycnemic zoantharians with sand/detritus incrustation in the ectoderm and mesoglea.
Remarks.
Distinct, large unitary polyps found embedded in sandy habitats with the oral disc clear of, and not attached to substrate ( Soong et al. 1999, Reimer et al. 2012b, 2015b). Recent molecular work has also indicated that this this genus-group may form a clade with some Palythoa spp. ( Reimer et al. 2012b, Fujii and Reimer 2016).
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Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856
Low, Martyn E. Y., Sinniger, Frederic & Reimer, James Davis 2016 |
Sphenopus
Steenstrup 1856 |