''Cereus'' is a
genus
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of
sea anemone
Sea anemones ( ) are a group of predation, predatory marine invertebrates constituting the order (biology), order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the ''Anemone'', a terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemone ...
s in the
family
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Sagartiidae.
Species
Species in the genus include:
* ''
Cereus amethystinus''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
* ''
Cereus herpetodes''
(McMurrich, 1904)
* ''
Cereus pedunculatus''
(Pennant, 1777)
* ''
Cereus filiformis''
(Rapp, 1829)
References
Sagartiidae
Hexacorallia genera
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