Cribrinopsis crassa

photo by Coudre, Christian

Family:	Actiniidae ()
Max. size:	5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:	sessile; marine; depth range 5 - 10 m
Distribution:	Endemic to the Mediterranean.
Diagnosis:	Diameter of the foot: 5.5 cm. Oral disc, without the tentacles: 7.5 cm. 96, laid out in 5 crowns around the siphonoglyphe: Measure up to 5 cm length; they are constant thickness over all their length, being completed in a round point. Oral discs color: gray color with nuances of green or of blue; tentacles also gray; are tinted of brown blue or of brown; each one of them comprising a clearer annular band; and a violet end. Fabrics of the foot of gold color: yellow; with 48 warted lines: each one of these protuberances is of red color, ringed of clearer yellow (Ref. 358).
Biology:	Primary education and secondary rock funds; anfractuosities, with half inserted with the foot of rocks and sometimes large-sized stones; or when the ground is movable, the foot fixed on remains of shells or stones. Small funds until the greatest depths (Ref. 358). Known from circalittoral zones (Ref. 85338). Solitary (Ref. 2377).
IUCN Red List Status:	(LC); Date assessed: 29 September 2014 Ref. 123251)
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