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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 />

• Nematocyst size and distribution<br />

• Musculature: no sphincter muscle; weak<br />

retractor muscles<br />

• Habitat: live in patches on dead coral or rocks;<br />

3~10 m deep<br />

• Behavior: Feeding by envelopment. Mesenterial<br />

filaments extruded when disturbed<br />

• Symbionts: zooxanthellae (size 8~9.5 µm in<br />

diameter)

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