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Edwardsiidae
Sign in to saveEdwardsiidae is a family of sea anemones. Edwardsiids have long thin bodies and live buried in sediments or in holes or crevices in rock.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderActiniaria
- FamilyEdwardsiidae
Los edwárdsidos (Edwardsiidae) son es una familia de anémonas de mar del orden Actiniaria. Muchas de sus especies entierran su cuerpo en la arena, para fijarse al sustrato y resistir a las corrientes, dejando ver tan solo los tentáculos. Su distribución es cosmopolita, tanto en aguas tropicales, como en aguas templadas, desde el Ártico a la Antártida.
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- 43
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- Edwardsiidae
- Collections
- CAS, LACM, USNM, NCSM
- Recorded in
- United States, Pakistan, French Polynesia
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Edwardsiidae is a family of sea anemones. Edwardsiids have long thin bodies and live buried in sediments or in holes or crevices in rock.
==Genera== The following genera are recognized within the family Edwardsiidae. Drillactis Verrill, 1922 Edwardsia Quatrefages, 1842 Edwardsianthus England, 1987 Edwardsiella Andres, 1883 Halcampogeton Carlgren, 1937 Isoedwardsia Carlgren, 1900 Milne-Edwardsia Carlgren, 1892 Nematostella Stephenson, 1935 Paraedwardsia Carlgren in Nordgaard, 1905 Scolanthus Gosse, 1853 Synhalcampella Tempuractis
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