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Summary
Boloceroides mcmurrichi is commonly known as the muddy shore anemone or the swimming anemone. Kwietniewski discovered it in 1898. The B. mcmurrichi has a global dispersion
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 B. mcmurrichi. Photographed by Sydnei Cartwright |
, but it has a particularly strong presence in the Indo-Pacific. Within Australia it has been located in three different states, where it prefers the intertidal and reefal zones (Fautin et al., 2008). B. mcmurrichi, because of its swimming capabilities lacks sensory receptors that are active in most other sea anemones.
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