Rhodactis - Natural History Museum

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What are the characters of <strong>Rhodactis</strong> rhodostoma (Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834) • Nematocyst size and distribution • Musculature: no sphincter muscle; weak retractor muscles • Habitat: live in patches on dead coral or rocks; 3~10 m deep • Behavior: Feeding by envelopment. Mesenterial filaments extruded when disturbed • Symbionts: zooxanthellae (size 8~9.5 µm in diameter)
Characters of <strong>Rhodactis</strong> based on the examination of type species Nature of tentacles: DIGITATE and BRANCHED tentacles Distinction between marginal and discal tentacles: NONE Tentacle-free zone on oral disc: NO Nematocyst composition: holotrichs (large and small), microbasic p- mastigophores, microbasic b-mastigophores Sphincter muscle: NO Behavior: Feeding by ENVELOPMENT Symbionts: YES
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