Short Communication

First record and redescription of the introduced sea anemone Sagartia ornata (Holdsworth, 1855) (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Sagartiidae) from South Africa

Published in: African Zoology
Volume 39 , issue 2 , 2004 , pages: 314–318

DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2004.11657228

Author(s): F.H. Acuña Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Argentina , A.C. Excoffon Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Argentina , C.L. Griffiths Marine Biology Research Institute, University of Cape Town,, South Africa

Keywords: Sea anemone , Sagartia ornata , Introduced species

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Abstract

The brooding sea anemone Sagartia ornata is reported from South Africa for the first time and is redescribed. The species is abundant intertidally in Langebaan Lagoon, where it attaches to stones shal lowly buried in sediment. It is probably a recent intro duction from Europe.

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