Mesacmaea

Mesacmaea is a genus of sea anemone in the family Haloclavidae. Members of this genus typically burrow into soft substrates. The only part of the animal that is normally visible is the oral disc and tentacles which lie flat on the sand in a star shape.^[2]

Mesacmaea
Mesacmaea mitchelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Actiniaria
Family:	Haloclavidae
Genus:	Mesacmaea Andres, 1883 [1]
Species
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Species

The following species are listed by the World Register of Marine Species:^[1]

• Mesacmaea chloropsis (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864)
• Mesacmaea laevis (Verrill, 1864)
• Mesacmaea mitchellii (Gosse, 1853)