Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Hexacorallia

Order: Actiniaria

Suborder: Nynantheae

Family: Sagartiidae

Scientific name: Sagartia ornata

 

Norwegian: -

(Matkollen - Vestfold / 10 meters / 9.26.2004)

Distribution: The distribution is uncertain, but it can probably be found anywhere along the coast of Norway, as far north as Trøndelag.

Characteristics: Members of the Sagartia and Sagatiogeton families are not easily identified from pictures alone. S. ornata does not have dark stripes on the column, like S. laceratus. The column is widest basally, reaching a diameter of 15 mm. The translucent oral disc comes in shades of white, orange and brown. There are as many as four or five cycles of long, white tentacles.

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