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Discosomatidae

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Discosomatidae

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Discosomidae is a family of marine cnidarians closely related to the true sea anemones (Actiniaria). It contains five genera:

Species

イソギンチャクモドキ科

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. ClassAnthozoa
  4. OrderCorallimorpharia
  5. FamilyDiscosomidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded16

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
13
With media
2
Family
Discosomidae
Collections
USNM, QM, UF
Recorded in
French Polynesia, Australia, Oman, Philippines, Papua New Guinea

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Corallimorpharia
Image
Rhodactis cf. inchoata.JPG
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taxon name
Discosomatidae
taxon rank
family
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Discosomidae is a family of marine cnidarians closely related to the true sea anemones (Actiniaria). It contains five genera: Amplexidiscus Discosoma Metarhodactis Platyzoanthus Rhodactis

==References & External links==

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