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Rhodactis - Natural History Museum

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What are the characters of<br />

<strong>Rhodactis</strong> rhodostoma (Hemprich and<br />

Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834) <br />

• Column: short, smooth, mesenterial<br />

insertions visible<br />

• Oral disc: densely covered with tentacles.<br />

30~50 mm diameter in life, preserved<br />

specimens 15~25 mm. No tentacle-free<br />

zone.<br />

• Pedal disc: about half as wide as oral disc<br />

• Color: greenish purple to purple

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