Ceriantheopsis americana
| Ceriantheopsis americana | |
|---|---|
| Close-up of the crown; the outer whorl of tentacles are large and the inner whorl small | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Ceriantharia |
| Family: | Cerianthidae |
| Genus: | Ceriantheopsis |
| Species: | C. americana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceriantheopsis americana (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) | |
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Ceriantheopsis americana is a species of tube-dwelling anemone in the family Cerianthidae. It is a burrowing species and lives in deep sand or muddy sand in a long slender tube that it creates.