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Boloceropsis platei McMurrich, 1904

(photos of Dirk Schories, Germany: specimens from Chile, South East Pacific)
   
Boloceropsis platei

Boloceropsis platei Boloceropsis platei

Boloceropsis platei is distributed along Chilean coasts. It is characterized by very low, almost invisible in living species column, wide oral disk and long pointed tentacles. Color is variable, white, various tints of red, orange, or brownish. A pale line running along the whole length of the oral face of each tentacle is noticeable on many specimens.
Taxonomic position:
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Superorder: Hexactiniida
Order: Actiniaria
Suborder: Nynantheae (Thenaria : Endomyaria)

Family: Actiniidae

Species: Boloceropsis platei McMurrich, 1904

Species list of sea anemones:
  • Actinia equina
  • Actinostola chilensis
  • Actinothoe sphyrodeta
  • Adamsia palliata
  • Aiptasia couchii
  • Aiptasia mutabilis
  • Alicia mirabilis
  • Amplexidiscus fenestrafer
  • Andresia parthenopea
  • Anemonia viridis
  • Antholoba achates
  • Anthopleura kurogane
  • Anthopleura xanthogrammica
  • Anthothoe chilensis
  • Boloceropsis platei
  • Calliactis polypus
  • Cereus herpetodes
  • Cereus pedunculatus
  • Cerianthus lloydii
  • Charisea saxicola
  • Cnidopus japonicus
  • Condylactis aurantiaca
  • Condylactis gigantea
  • Corynactis carnea
  • Corynactis viridis
  • Cribrinopsis albopunctata
  • Cribrinopsis crassa
  • Cribrinopsis olegi
  • Dactylanthus antarcticus
  • Discosoma nummiforme
  • Entacmaea quadricolor
  • Epizoanthus couchii
  • Gonactinia prolifera
  • Halcampoides sp
  • Halcampoides mediterranea
  • Halcurias pilatus
  • Haliplanella lineata
  • Heterodactyla hemprichii
  • Hormathia pectinata
  • Isaurus tuberculatus
  • Isosicyonis alba
  • Metridium farcimen
  • Metridium lobatum
  • Metridium senile
  • Metridium senile fimbriatum
  • Oulactis concinnata
  • Pachycerianthus multiplicatus
  • Paranthus niveus
  • Parazoanthus anguicomus
  • Parazoanthus axinellae
  • Parazoanthus elongatus
  • Peachia cylindrica
  • Phelliactis callicyclus
  • Phymactis papillosa
  • Phymanthea pluvia
  • Protanthea simplex
  • Protopalythoa mutuki
  • Ptychodactis patula
  • Radianthus magnifica
  • Rhodactis inchoata
  • Rhodactis indosinensis
  • Ricordea yuma
  • Sagartia elegans
  • Stichodactyla gigantea
  • Stomphia coccinea
  • Urticina crassicornis
  • Urticina eques
  • Urticina felina
  • Urticina grebelnyi

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