Anenthemonae

Anenthemonae is a suborder of sea anemones in the order Actiniaria. It comprises those sea anemones with atypical arrangement of mesenteries for actiniarians.^[1]

Anenthemonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Suborder:	Anenthemonae Rodriguez & Daly, 2014
Superfamilies
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Superfamilies and families in the suborder Anenthemonae include:^[1]

• Superfamily Actinernoidea Stephenson, 1922
  • Actinernidae Stephenson, 1922
  • Halcuriidae Carlgren, 1918
• Superfamily Edwardsioidea Andres, 1881
  • Edwardsiidae Andres, 1881

Classification

The differential feature between the 2 suborders of sea anemone; Enthemonae and Anenthemonae is that they are primarily characterised by having basilar muscles, mesoglea marginal sphincter and they lack acontia and carotinoids.^[2] They however, rarely lack these types of basilar muscles and sphincters causing the outer column to be smooth in texture.