Charisactis, Ocaña & Çinar, 2018

Ocaña, Oscar & Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2018, Descriptions of two new genera, six new species and three new records of Anthozoa (Cnidaria) from the Sea of Marmara, Journal of Natural History 52 (35 - 36), pp. 2243-2282 : 2259-2260

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2018.1526345
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:51DA9869-D786-4A8A-8C1F-62DC1BB67923
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039187AE-FFE1-0825-FE54-6860FC9FFD8E
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Charisactis
status

Treatment

CONDYLANTHIDAE Stephenson 1922 View in CoL

(emendations by Rieman-Zürneck 1979) Charisactis gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Body with a broad pedal disc and no basilar muscles. Scapus covered by a thin easily deciduous cuticle, not always present in all specimens examined. Three mesentery cycles: six are complete with restricted reniform retractors, six are macrocnemes and six are microcnemes without retractor developments. Two siphonoglyphs with directives. No sphincter. Several categories of penicilli, spirulae and homotrichs.

Type species

Charisactis tetiana View in CoL sp. nov.

Etymology

The name indicates the affinity of the new genus to Charisea