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Liponema brevicornis (McMurrich, 1893)

(photo received from Robert Miller, USA, courtesy of "Greenpeace". Specimens from Bering Sea, deep-water)
   
Liponema brevicornis

Liponema brevicornis

Liponema brevicornis

Liponema brevicornis

This large and rather unusual species has very short column completely hidden under wide oral disk with very numerous tentacles. It lives unattached on soft bottom and on many photos appear rolling on the sea floor as on the second photo on this page.
Taxonomic position:
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Superorder: Hexactiniida
Order: Actiniaria
Suborder: Nynantheae (Thenaria : Endomyaria)

Family: Liponematidae

Species: Liponema brevicornis (McMurrich, 1893)

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
  • Gyractis verrucosa
  • 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
  • Phymanthus species
  • Protanthea simplex
  • Protopalythoa mutuki
  • Pseudocorynactis caribbeorum
  • Ptychodactis patula
  • Radianthus magnifica
  • Rhodactis inchoata
  • Rhodactis indosinensis
  • Ricordea yuma
  • Sagartia elegans
  • Stichodactyla haddoni
  • Stomphia coccinea
  • Urticina crassicornis
  • Urticina eques
  • Urticina felina
  • Urticina grebelnyi
  • Urticina mcpeaki

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