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Ceriantipatharia

Ceriantipatharia logo #21000 Ceriantipatharia was a subclass of class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria and included tube anemones and Thorny Corals. Members of Ceriantipatharia have unpaired septa. However, recent progresses in anthozoan taxonomy and phylogeny clearly showed the belonging of Thorny Corals to Hexacorallia. However, tube anemones being so different from all othe...
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Ceriantipatharia

Ceriantipatharia logo #21003(from the article `cnidarian`) ...extends into water and may be completely retractile. Central skeleton a calcified axial rod; polyps and rachis have isolated calcareous ... ...ranking of some of them is disputed. Some regard corallimorpharians as scleractinians that lack a skeleton. Similarity of larval ceriantharians to ... [2 rela...
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