Marine Species: Actinothoe sphyrodeta

(Gosse, 1858)

Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Photographed by: João Encarnação

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Sagartiidae
Genus: Actinothoe
Species: Actinothoe sphyrodeta

Species Data:

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Common Name: Sandalled anemone, daisy anenome
Description: Small dimensioned species ( up to 5 cm in height), white coloured ( translucent column with vertical white sides). More than a hundred tentacles ( with a white line in each of them).
Habitat: Medium, infra and circalittoral.
Color: White coloured ( translucent column with vertical white bands). More than a hundred tentacles ( with a white line in each of them).
Dimensions: Small dimensioned species ( up to 5 cm in height).
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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