Corynactis Allman 1846 p. 147

Small Corallimorphidae often forming groups of individuals. Asexual reproduction by longitudinal fission usual. Form of the individuals variable according to state of contraction. Sphincter weak, diffuse. Only a single tentacle communicating with each exocoel. All or most of the endocoelic tentacles arranged in radial rows with 2-5 tentacles in each row. Outer tentacles larger than the inner ones, exocoelic tentacles longest of all. Acrospheres of the tentacles very distinct and provided with numerous nematocysts. Often gregarious. Cnidom: spirocysts, atrichs?, holotrichs, microbasic p- and b-mastigophors.

Species

C. viridis Allman 1846

C. bahamensis Watzl 1922

C. parvula Duchassing [sic] and Michelotti 1860

Draytonia myrcia Duchassaing and Michelotti 1866

C. carnea Studer 1878

Melactis annulata Verrill 1868

Entacmea [sic] globulifera Ehrenberg 1834

C. hoplites Haddon and Shackleton 1893

C. australis Haddon and Duerden 1896

C. haddoni Farquhar 1898

C. mollis Farquhar 1898

C. gracilis Farquhar 1898

C. albida Stuckey 1909

C. californica Carlgren 1936

C. chilensis Carlgren 1941

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

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