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Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)

(photo of Adam Petrusek, Czech Republic: specimen from Adratic Sea, Mediterranean) 		   
Cereus pedunculatus According to Manuel (1988) Cereus pedunculatus is "equally at home on hard substrata or buried in mud or sand." This species is characterized by wide oral disc and short and very numerous tentacles. Cereus pedunculatus distributed in west Europe and in Mediterranean. Cereus herpetodes is a related species from Chile.
Taxonomic position:
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Superorder: Hexactiniida
Order: Actiniaria
Suborder: Nynantheae (Thenaria : Acontiaria)

Family: Sagartiidae

Species: Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)
Species list of sea anemones:
  • Actinia equina
  • Actinostola chilensis
  • Actinothoe sphyrodeta
  • Adamsia palliata
  • Aiptasia couchii
  • Aiptasia mutabilis
  • Alicia mirabilis
  • Amplexidiscus fenestrafer
  • Andresia parthenopea
  • Anemonia alicemartinae
  • Anemonia viridis
  • Antholoba achates
  • Anthopleura hermaphroditica
  • Anthopleura orientalis
  • Anthopleura xanthogrammica
  • Anthothoe chilensis
  • Artemidactis victrix
  • 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
  • Epizoanthus fiordicus
  • Gonactinia prolifera
  • Gyractis octoradiata
  • Halcampoides sp
  • Halcampoides mediterranea
  • Halcurias pilatus
  • Haliplanella lineata
  • Heterodactyla hemprichii
  • Hormathia pectinata
  • Isaurus tuberculatus
  • Isosicyonis alba
  • Liponema brevicornis
  • Mesozoanthus fossii
  • Metridium farcimen
  • Metridium lobatum
  • Metridium senile
  • Metridium senile fimbriatum
  • Oulactis concinnata
  • Pachycerianthus multiplicatus
  • Pachycerianthus solitarius
  • Paranthus niveus
  • Parazoanthus anguicomus
  • Parazoanthus axinellae
  • Parazoanthus elongatus
  • Peachia cylindrica
  • Phellia exlex
  • Phelliactis callicyclus
  • Phymactis papillosa
  • Phymanthea pluvia
  • Protanthea simplex
  • Protopalythoa mutuki
  • Ptychodactis patula
  • Radianthus magnifica
  • Rhodactis inchoata
  • Rhodactis indosinensis
  • Ricordea yuma
  • Sagartia elegans
  • Stichodactyla haddoni
  • Stomphia coccinea
  • Urticina crassicornis
  • Urticina eques
  • Urticina felina
  • Urticina grebelnyi
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