Metridiidae Carlgren 1893 p. 101


Metridium giganteum. Photo Ron Ates.
Picture taken about 500 m in front of the Bodega Marine Lab, University of California.

Thenaria (Acontiaria) whose acontia are provided with microbasic b-mastigophors and microbasic amastigophors, the latter sometimes very rare or absent in the adult. Sphincter mesogloeal. Mesenteries not divisible into macro- and microcnemes.

Genera

Metridium

Isometridium

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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