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Edwardsia delapiae

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Edwardsia delapiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Edwardsiidae
Genus: Edwardsia
Species:
E. delapiae
Binomial name
Edwardsia delapiae
Carlgren & Stephenson, 1928[1]

Edwardsia delapiae is a species of sea anemone which is currently only known from its type locality in South-West Ireland.[1]

Description

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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]

Range

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This sea anemone is currently only known from Valentia Harbour, County Kerry, Ireland.

Habitat

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Edwardsia delapiae lives buried in mud and extends its tentacles across the surface of the substrate.

Etymology

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This species was named after its discoverer, Maude Delap.

References

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  1. ^ a b Carlgren, O. & Stephenson, T.A., 1928. The British Edwardsidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 15(1): 1-31.
  2. ^ 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.