Mimetridium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Acontiophoridae
Genus: Mimetridium
Hand, 1961
Species:
M. cryptum
Binomial name
Mimetridium cryptum
Hand, 1961[1]

Mimetridium is a genus of sea anemones of the family Acontiophoridae. It currently includes only one species Mimetridium cryptum.

Taxonomy

Both the genus and the species were first described by Cadet Hand, the former director of the Bodega Marine Laboratory, in 1961.[1] The holotype specimen is held at the Otago Museum.[2]

Description

Dr Elizabeth J. Batham described this species as:

a slender, elongated species with many fine tentacles. Apart from its longer column, it superficially resembles the northern hemisphere Metridium senile, to which it was earlier regarded as being closely related.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from New Zealand and has been recorded off the coasts of Dunedin and Wellington.[3][4]

Habitat

M. cryptum is normally attached to a shell or rock in mud or sand and prefers to be half buried.[3] However, this species is known to both burrow into the sand as well as walk.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hand, C. (1961). "Two new acontiate New Zealand sea anemones". Transactions of the Royal Society New Zealand. Zoology. 1: 75–89.
  2. ↑ "Mimetridium cryptum Hand, 1961". www.marinespecies.org. 2014. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 E J BATHAM (1 August 1965). "THE NEURAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE SEA ANEMONE MIMETRIDIUM CRYPTUM". American Zoologist. 5: 395–402. doi:10.1093/ICB/5.3.395. ISSN 0003-1569. PMID 14345244. Wikidata Q78553350.
  4. ↑ "Mimetridium Hand, 1961". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
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