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Ptychodactiaria

invertebrate order
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  • sea anemone
    cnidarian
    / Annotated classification

    Order Ptychodactiaria Sea-anemone-like, lacking ciliated tract on edge of mesenteries and basilar muscles. Both poles. Order Scleractinia (Madreporaria) True or stony corals. Mostly colonial; calcareous external skeleton; no basilar muscles or siphonoglyphs. Mostly tropical and subtropical. Order Zoanthinaria (

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    Order Ptychodactiaria Sea-anemone-like, lacking ciliated tract on edge of mesenteries and basilar muscles. Both poles. Order Scleractinia (Madreporaria) True or stony corals. Mostly colonial; calcareous external skeleton; no basilar muscles or siphonoglyphs. Mostly tropical and subtropical. Order Zoanthinaria (

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