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Scientific Name: Pelocoetes exul (Annandale, 1907)
English Name: Sea Anemone
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known.
Sea Anemone - Not Known. - Pelocoetes exul - Type: Sea_annemone

Photo: Nicholas Yap (2015)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Haliactinidae
Description:
Pelocoetes exul has a worm-like appearance with a diminished basal disc; the body is blunt and tapers, lacking a physa. The column is elongated. The tentacles are branched and arranged in a hexameral pattern (6+6+12+24+48), with the last cycle being complete. There is a lobe on the oral disc. Nematocysts are present in longitudinal rows, and cinclides are found on the column.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Gangetic Delta and Coastal areas of Bangladesh
Environment:
Marine, Brakish
Main References:

KABIR SMH, AHMED M, AHMED ATA, RAHMAN AKA, HAQUE EU, AHMED ZU, BEGUM ZNT, HASSAN MA, KHONDKER M (EDS.) 2008 Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Protozoa-Gastrotricha. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Vol.14, 335 pp.

Other References:

Fautin D, Tan R, Yap N, Tan SH, Crowther A, Goodwill R, Sanpanich K, Tay YC (2015) Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of Singapore: Shallow-water species known also from the Indian subcontinent. The Raffles bulletin of zoology. Supplement. 44 - 59.

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