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Liponema
Sign in to saveLiponema is a genus of sea anemones, in the family Liponematidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderActiniaria
- FamilyLiponematidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 66
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Liponematidae
- Collections
- SIO, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Canada, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Liponematidae
- Image
- LiponemaBrevicornis.jpg
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Liponema is a genus of sea anemones, in the family Liponematidae.
==Characteristics== Members of this genus have a wide base and a short, smooth column. The tentacles are short and very numerous, covering the whole oral disc. Each tentacle has a sphincter at its base which, when it contracts, causes the tentacle to be shed. The siphonoglyphs are well developed and the mesenteries are in perfect pairs. The cnidocytes consist of spirocysts, basitrichs and microbasic p-mastigophors.
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