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Paranthus
Sign in to saveParanthus is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actinostolidae.
Species
Onion Anemone
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderActiniaria
- FamilyActinostolidae
Habitatmarine
Observations264
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- Family
- Actinostolidae
- Collections
- YPM, NCSM, USNM, VIMS, UPS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Italy
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Encyclopedic overview
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Paranthus is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actinostolidae.
==Characteristics== The pedal disc is not swollen. The column is long and smooth and the margin is indistinct. The sphincter is well developed and the tentacles are relatively short, the inner tentacles being longer than the outer ones.
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