Ceriantheomorphe ambonensis

Distribution. Only known from shallow water at the type locality.

Sumber: Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) of the World: an annotated catalogue and key to species

Description of specimen. Small individual, with 3.8 cm long and 2.1 cm wide. 48 marginal tentacles and 72 labial tentacles, both disposed in three cycles. Marginal tentacles arrangement: (0) 1123.112 ..., labial tentacles arrangement: (0) 112.112.112 ... Small pharynx, occupies 18 % of total body length. Hyposulcus and hemisulci absent. Well-marked siphonoglyph with three pairs of mesenteries connected to it (one pair of directive mesenteries and two pairs of protomesenteries). Long protomesenteries (P 2) extending to the terminal pore and longer than other mesenteries. Directive mesenteries shorter than all mesenteries. Protomesenteries (P 3) shorter than metamesenteries (M and m) and longer than betamesenteries (B and b). 96 mesenteries arranged in M, B, m, b (Fig. 6). Mesenteric filaments and craspedonemes present on initial portion of the gastrovascular cavity. Gastrovascular cavity occupies approximately 55 % of the entire body length. Directive mesenteries and protomesenteries P 3 occupy 2.3 % and 14.2 % of total gastrovascular cavity length, respectively, while protomesenteries P 2 occupies 85.7 %. Ratio of 2.2 - 3.5 % between metamesenteries (M x m) and 4 % between betamesenteries (B x b). Cnidome (Fig. 7) composed of spirocysts, microbasic b- mastigophores (six types), atrichous (one type), ptychocyst and holotrichous.

Sumber: Revision of the genus Ceriantheomorphe (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Ceriantharia) with description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic