Metridium canum Stuckey, 1914
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Family:  Metridiidae ()
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Environment:  sessile; marine
Distribution:  Southwest Pacific.
Diagnosis:  Grayish in situ. Adherent pedal disc wider than the cylindrical column. Cinclides present on the upper part of the column. Tentacles crowded and arranged in 4 to 5 cycles; may have black tips. Mesogloea in variable thickness, appears fibrillar in structure and contains numerous collections of cells. Weak mesogloeal sphincter is present. Forty-five pairs of mesenteries arranged in 4 cycles (Ref. 89044).
Biology:  Occurs on the under-side of stones on muddy or sandy bottoms (Ref. 89044).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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