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Cryptodendrum adhaesivum

Titus, Benjamin M.;Bennett-Smith, Morgan F.;Chiodo, Tommaso;Rodríguez, Estefanía

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Cryptodendrum adhaesivum

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Cryptodendrum is a genus of sea anemones in the family Thalassianthidae. It is monotypic with a single species, Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, also commonly known as the adhesive anemone, pizza anemone, and nap-edged anemone. Like all symbiotic anemones it hosts zooxanthellae, symbiotic algae that help feed their host.

Species

adhesive sea anemone

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. ClassAnthozoa
  4. OrderActiniaria
  5. FamilyThalassianthidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded400

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
23
With media
7
Family
Thalassianthidae
Collections
CAS, UMZC, AM, UF, QM, WAM
Recorded in
Indonesia, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Saudi Arabia

Wikidata facts

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taxon name
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
Commons category
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
short name
C. adhaesivum
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Similar species
  • Distribution
  • Symbionts
  • Gallery
  • References
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Cryptodendrum is a genus of sea anemones in the family Thalassianthidae. It is monotypic with a single species, Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, also commonly known as the adhesive anemone, pizza anemone, and nap-edged anemone. Like all symbiotic anemones it hosts zooxanthellae, symbiotic algae that help feed their host.

==Description== This anemone grows to a size of 30 centimeters and is distinguished by its colored, beaded and waving curved edge. It has two different forms of tentacles. At the center of the oral disc, it has narrow, short, about 5 mm long, tentacles that are branched with five or more "fingers", like a small, inflated rubber glove. The tentacles are extremely sticky. The tentacles at the edge have a bubble-like thickening of about one millimeter diameter at the end. The two types of tentacles are usually different colors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cryptodendrum adhaesivum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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