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| Burrowing anemone Ceriantheopsis austroafticanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subclass: | Ceriantharia |
| Order: | Spirularia |
| Family: | Cerianthidae |
| Genus: | Ceriantheopsis Carlgren, 1912 |
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Ceriantheopsis is a genus of tube-dwelling anemones in the family Cerianthidae. Members of the genus are found only in the Atlantic Ocean. They are predators, scavengers and omnivores.
Species
Species in the genus include:
- Ceriantheopsis americana (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)
- Ceriantheopsis austroafricanus Molodtsova, Griffiths & Acuna, 2011 - the burrowing anemone
- Ceriantheopsis lineata Stampar, Scarabino, Pastorino & Morandini, 2015
- Ceriantheopsis nikitai Molodtsova, 2001
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ceriantheopsis Carlgren, 1912". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- Molodtsova T. N., Griffiths C. L., Acuna F.H. 2011. A new species of shallow-water cerianthid (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the South Africa, with remarks on the genus Ceriantheopsis. Afr. Nat. Hist. 7: 1-8.
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