This species of sea anemone has an elongated column; divided into scapus and scapulus. There are 16 tentacles arranged in two equal cycles of 8. The tentacles are transparent, with a white ring at the base and sometimes a little white coloration near the tip. Column up to 80 mm in length when fully extended, span of tentacles to 40 mm.[2]
Rangeedit
This sea anemone is currently only known from Valentia Harbour, County Kerry, Ireland.
Habitatedit
Edwardsia delapiae lives buried in mud and extends its tentacles across the surface of the substrate.
Etymologyedit
This species was named after its discoverer, Maude Delap.
Referencesedit
^ abCarlgren, O. & Stephenson, T.A., 1928. The British Edwardsidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 15(1): 1-31.
^Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Edwardsia delapiae Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland, accessed on 2020-09-16.
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edwardsia, delapiae, species, anemone, which, currently, only, known, from, type, locality, south, west, ireland, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, cnidariaclass, hexacoralliaorder, actiniariafamily, edwardsiidaegenus, edwards. Edwardsia delapiae is a species of sea anemone which is currently only known from its type locality in South West Ireland 1 Edwardsia delapiaeScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum CnidariaClass HexacoralliaOrder ActiniariaFamily EdwardsiidaeGenus EdwardsiaSpecies E delapiaeBinomial nameEdwardsia delapiaeCarlgren amp Stephenson 1928 1 Contents 1 Description 2 Range 3 Habitat 4 Etymology 5 ReferencesDescription editThis species of sea anemone has an elongated column divided into scapus and scapulus There are 16 tentacles arranged in two equal cycles of 8 The tentacles are transparent with a white ring at the base and sometimes a little white coloration near the tip Column up to 80 mm in length when fully extended span of tentacles to 40 mm 2 Range editThis sea anemone is currently only known from Valentia Harbour County Kerry Ireland Habitat editEdwardsia delapiae lives buried in mud and extends its tentacles across the surface of the substrate Etymology editThis species was named after its discoverer Maude Delap References edit a b Carlgren O amp Stephenson T A 1928 The British Edwardsidae Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 15 1 1 31 Picton B E amp Morrow C C 2016 Edwardsia delapiae Carlgren amp Stephenson 1928 In Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland accessed on 2020 09 16 nbsp This Actiniaria related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edwardsia delapiae amp oldid 1194910141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
