Mesacmaea
Genus of sea anemones
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Mesacmaea is a genus of sea anemone in the family Haloclavidae. Members of this genus typically burrow into soft substrates. The only part of the animal that is normally visible is the oral disc and tentacles which lie flat on the sand in a star shape.[2]
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| Mesacmaea mitchelli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Family: | Haloclavidae |
| Genus: | Mesacmaea Andres, 1883 [1] |
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Species
The following species are listed by the World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- Mesacmaea chloropsis (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)
- Mesacmaea laevis (Verrill, 1864)
- Mesacmaea mitchellii (Gosse, 1853)
