| Cepheidae () |
| 40 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 7 m |
| Mediterranean Sea: Italy, Greece and Monaco. |
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Diameter can reach 40 cm. Plane sunshade, except in its center, where one observes a prominent formation out of bell. Short oral arms, only braided in their base, characterized by a lower part excessively friz; the labial palpi are of color violet or white, and finished by a widened bulb. The sunshade is white, the oral arms of a tinted white of yellow. The polyps measure from 5 to 10 mm height; and although unimportant, one can observe them all the year. |
| The sunshade of the céphéides is frequently used as protective shelter with fish alevins of the kinds Trachurus ,Boops and Seriola. Species is inoffensive for the man (Ref. 358). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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