Character Information: Tentacle Characteristics

 

Simple    
Knobbed at the apex
 
Branched
Fig. 8. Lebrunia neglecta, de gr. nat.
Discal
 
Thickened on the aboral sides
Tealidium jungerseni. syntype; tentacle cross section; Lund Museum © copyright Daphne Fautin
Deciduous
Boloceractis gopalai. B. Different stages of regeneration of young individuals from deciduous tentacles. About the natural size.
Globose    
Digitiform    
Sinuous
Fig. 1. Side view of live specimen of Aulactinia incubans. Note verrucose column, dilated pedal disc, and sinuous tentacles. Inset: Side view of fixed specimen showing the verrucae in better focus. Permission to display image courtesy of Canadian Journal of Zoology.