Ceriantheomorphe

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Ceriantheomorphe
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Ceriantharia
Order: Spirularia
Family: Cerianthidae
Genus: Ceriantheomorphe
Carlgren, 1931 [1]
Species
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Ceriantheomorphe is a genus of tube-dwelling anemones in the family Cerianthidae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus : [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Molodtsova, Tina (2015). "Ceriantheomorphe: Carlgren, 1931". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2015-06-03.