''Ceriantheopsis'' is a

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tube-dwelling anemone Tube-dwelling anemones or ceriantharians look very similar to sea anemones but belong to an entirely different Class (biology), class of anthozoans. They are solitary, living buried in soft sediments. Tube anemones live inside and can withdraw i ...

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Cerianthidae Cerianthidae is a family of tube-dwelling anemones in the order Spirularia of the subclass Ceriantharia. Genera The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family: * ''Anthoactis'' Leloup, 1932 * ''Apiactis'' Bene ...

. Members of the genus are found only in the Atlantic Ocean. They are

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s.Molodtsova T. N., Griffiths C. L., Acuna F.H. 2011. A new species of shallow-water cerianthid (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the South Africa, with remarks on the genus ''Ceriantheopsis''. ''Afr. Nat. Hist''. 7: 1-8.

Species

Species in the genus include: * '' Ceriantheopsis americana'' (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) * '' Ceriantheopsis austroafricanus'' Molodtsova, Griffiths & Acuna, 2011 - the burrowing anemone * '' Ceriantheopsis lineata'' Stampar, Scarabino, Pastorino & Morandini, 2015 * '' Ceriantheopsis nikitai'' Molodtsova, 2001

References

Cerianthidae Anthozoa genera {{Anthozoa-stub