Edwardsiid sea anemones of California (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae), with descriptions of eight new species Author Daly, Marymegan Author Ljubenkov, John C. text Zootaxa 2008 1860 1 27 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.183642 a81125ca-89a3-4319-8cf9-8bd010ad96d8 1175­5326 183642 Edwardsia de Quatrefages, 1842 Edwardsiidae with body divisible into physa, scapus, and capitulum; physa short, ampullaceous, without nemathybomes or periderm. Scapus long, with nemathybomes. At least 12 tentacles in adults; inner ones shorter than outer ones. Eight fertile, filament­bearing perfect mesenteries. Retractors relatively large, well­developed, diffuse to reniform; parietal muscles distinct, symmetrical, well developed. Cnidom: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic b ­, p ­, and t ­mastigophores, pterotrichs. Type species. Edwardsia beautempsii de Quatrefages, 1842 by subsequent designation ( Carlgren 1949 ; Fautin 2007; Fautin et al. 2007). Carlgren (1949) , following other authors (e.g., Fisher 1887 , Delphy 1938 ) gave the species epithet as “ beautempsi .” Remarks. Not all types of cnidae are known from all species of the genus (see discussion).