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Ceriantheopsis americana (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)
Ceriantheopsis americana is a large tube-dwelling anemone. The crown of tentacles can have a diameter of up to 10 cm and project for 10 cm above the surface of the sediment. The tube is orientated vertically in the sediment, with a maximum length of about 35 cm.
This tube dwelling anemone ist nocturnal. Feeds on copepods, barnacles, amphipods and gastropod molluscs.
Synonymised names:
Cerianthus americanus Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted
Ceriantheopsis americana is a large tube-dwelling anemone. The crown of tentacles can have a diameter of up to 10 cm and project for 10 cm above the surface of the sediment. The tube is orientated vertically in the sediment, with a maximum length of about 35 cm.
This tube dwelling anemone ist nocturnal. Feeds on copepods, barnacles, amphipods and gastropod molluscs.
Synonymised names:
Cerianthus americanus Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted