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| cerianthid text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Ceriantharia |
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mouth cerianthid awaiting identification* updated Aug 10 Where seen? This cerianthid with a tiny mouth is sometimes seen on our Northern shores. In seagrass meadows and coral rubble. Features: 2-4cm in diameter. The outer tentacles are elegantly slim and tapering, generally white with pale yellow bands. The inner tentacles are very short, tapering to sharp tips and usually held closed with the tips touching, forming a cone around a tiny mouth. |
 Beting Bronok, Jul 08 |
 White long outer tentacles with yellow bands. |
 Inner tentacles very short around tiny mouth. |
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Small mouth cerianthids on Singapore shores
 Pulau Hantu, Jun 09 |
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 Beting Bronok, Jul 08 |
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 Tanah Merah, Oct 09  |
 Tanah Merah, Jun 09  |
 Changi, May 08  |
*Species are difficult
to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, the animals are grouped by external features for convenience
of display.
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