Cerianthus filiformis
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| Cerianthus filiformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subclass: | Ceriantharia |
| Order: | Spirularia |
| Family: | Cerianthidae |
| Genus: | Cerianthus |
| Species: | C. filiformis |
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| Cerianthus filiformis (Carlgren, 1924) | |
Cerianthus filiformis is a species of tube-dwelling sea anemone in the family Cerianthidae. It is found throughout the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific Ocean.
C. filiformis resembles the sea anemone and has a stretched and muscularised body which can reach 35 cm. Its body has the shape of a large polyp with numerous mobile tentacles.[1] The tint of the tentacles is variously white, green, orange or purple and the central tentacles may have a different coloration from the marginal tentacles.
