Mimetridium is a genus of sea anemones of the family Acontiophoridae. It currently includes only one species Mimetridium cryptum.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Family: | Acontiophoridae |
| Genus: | Mimetridium Hand, 1961 |
| Species: | M. cryptum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimetridium cryptum Hand, 1961[1]
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Taxonomy
editBoth the genus and the species were first described by Cadet Hand, the former director of the Bodega Marine Laboratory, in 1961.[1] The holotype specimen is held at the Otago Museum.[2]
Description
editDr Elizabeth J. Batham described this species as:
a slender, elongated species with many fine tentacles. Apart from its longer column, it superficially resembles the northern hemisphere Metridium senile, to which it was earlier regarded as being closely related.[3]
Distribution
editThis species was described from New Zealand and has been recorded off the coasts of Dunedin and Wellington.[3][4]
Habitat
editM. cryptum is normally attached to a shell or rock in mud or sand and prefers to be half buried.[3] However, this species is known to both burrow into the sand as well as walk.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Hand, C. (1961). "Two new acontiate New Zealand sea anemones". Transactions of the Royal Society New Zealand. Zoology. 1: 75–89.
- ^ "Mimetridium cryptum Hand, 1961". www.marinespecies.org. 2014. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ a b c d E. J. BATHAM (1 August 1965). "THE NEURAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE SEA ANEMONE MIMETRIDIUM CRYPTUM" (PDF). American Zoologist. 5: 395–402. doi:10.1093/ICB/5.3.395. ISSN 0003-1569. PMID 14345244. Wikidata Q78553350.
- ^ "Mimetridium Hand, 1961". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
External links
edit- Mimetridium discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 5 August 2022
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