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are non-retractable and have a frosty appearance and are usually held outstretched. The column is salmon pink, flared below the tentacles and reaches lengths of up to two centimetres. It has a flattened, lightly adherent base bulging out below the pedal disc. There are up to 200 slender, translucent,
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and hangs limply from its pedal disc attachment. At other times it is very active, exhibiting a violent thrashing of the tentacles in response to external stimuli.
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238:P. simplex
226:Protanthea
189:(Species)
184:Prothantea
124:Protanthea
103:Actiniaria
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367:, no. 18.
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259:Skagerrak
242:tentacles
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