Actiniaria Cnidaria

Acontiophoridae Carlgren 1938 p. 65

 
Acontiophorum niveum. Photo Ron Ates.
Permission by Dr. R. W. Mead to take this picture at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada is gratefully acknowledged.

Thenaria (Acontiaria) without sphincter. Mesenteries divisible into macro- and microcnemes. Acontia with basitrichs and probably microbasic amastigophors.

Genera

Acontiophorum

Definitions and contained taxa are those of Oscar Carlgren as published in 1949 : Kungl Svenska Vetenskapsakadamiens Handlingar, Series 4, Volume 1, Number 1

Electronic version made possible by NSF grant DEB95-21819 in the PEET program to D. G. Fautin.

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