Cryptodendrum

Cryptodendrum
C. adhaesium showing the distinctive edge tentacles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Thalassianthidae
Genus: Cryptodendrum
Klunzinger, 1877
Species:
C. adhaesivum
Binomial name
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
(Klunzinger, 1877)
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • Cryptodendron Klunzinger, 1877

(Species)

  • Cryptodendron adhaesivium
  • Cryptodendron adhaesivum
  • Cryptodendrum adhesivum [lapsus]
  • Stoichactis digitata Doumenc, 1973

Cryptodendrum is a genus of sea anemones in the family Thalassianthidae. It is monotypic with a single species, Cryptodendrum adhaesivum, also commonly known as the adhesive anemone, pizza anemone, and nap-edged anemone. Like all symbiotic anemones it hosts zooxanthellae, symbiotic algae that help feed their host.[1]

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