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Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 
AphiaID: 100694

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nyantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Endomyaria (Superfamily) > Actiniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa
  Actinea (Spelling variation)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [full text]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Fautin, Daphne G. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Actinia annulata Gay, 1854
Species Actinia aster Ellis, 1768
Species Actinia australiensis Carlgren, 1950
Species Actinia bermudensis (McMurrich, 1889)
Species Actinia candida Müller, 1776
Species Actinia capillata Gay, 1854
Species Actinia cari Delle Chiaje, 1822
Species Actinia cinerea Gay, 1854
Species Actinia cleopatrae Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
Species Actinia curta Drayton in Dana, 1846
Species Actinia delicatula (Hertwig, 1888)
Species Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinia fiscella Müller, 1789
Species Actinia fragacea Tugwell, 1856
Species Actinia gelatinosa Moseley, 1877
Species Actinia gemma Drayton in Dana, 1846
Species Actinia gracilis Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
Species Actinia graminea Drayton in Dana, 1846
Species Actinia grobbeni Watzl, 1922
Species Actinia kraemeri Pax, 1914
Species Actinia mamillaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species Actinia multicolor Stimpson, 1856
Species Actinia nigropunctata den Hartog & Ocaña, 2003
Species Actinia ostraearum Gay, 1854
Species Actinia papuana Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species Actinia phaeochira (Schmarda, 1852)
Species Actinia prasina Gosse, 1860
Species Actinia pusilla Swartz, 1788
Species Actinia rosula Ehrenberg, 1834
Species Actinia rufa Müller, 1776
Species Actinia sali Monteiro, Sole-Cava & Thorpe, 1997
Species Actinia sanguineopunctata Templeton, 1841
Species Actinia schmidti Monteiro, Sole-Cava & Thorpe, 1997
Species Actinia simplex Ehrenberg, 1834
Species Actinia striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species Actinia striata Rizzi, 1907
Species Actinia strigata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species Actinia tabella Drayton in Dana, 1846
Species Actinia taeniata Gay, 1854
Species Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
Species Actinia tongana Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species Actinia virgata Johnson, 1861

Species Actinia atrimaculata Grube, 1840 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia bicornis Müller, 1776 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia brevicirrhata Risso, 1826 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia chlorodactyla Brandt, 1835 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia dubia Lesson, 1830 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia erythrospilota Brandt, 1835 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia iris Müller, 1789 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia judaica (Linnaeus, 1761) (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia laurentii Brandt, 1835 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia mertensii Brandt, 1835 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia minutissima Le Sueur, 1817 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia nitida Dawson, 1858 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia obtruncata Stimpson, 1853 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia reclinata Bosc, 1802 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia rosea Risso, 1826 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia truncata Müller, 1776 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia varians Müller, 1806 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia violacea Risso, 1826 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia volva Müller, 1776 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Species Actinia zebra Grube, 1840 (species inquirenda, name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)

Species Actinia alba Risso, 1826 (nomen dubium, Nomen dubium according to Stephenson (1935))

Species Actinia abyssicola Moseley, 1877 accepted as Stephanauge abyssicola (Moseley, 1877)
Species Actinia alba W. P. Cocks in Johnston, 1847 accepted as Helaria alba (W. P. Cocks in Johnston, 1847)
Species Actinia anachoreta Pax, 1922 accepted as Pseudactinia flagellifera (Hertwig, 1882)
Species Actinia ballii (Cocks, 1851) accepted as Anthopleura ballii (Cocks, 1851)
Species Actinia bicolor Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Calliactis tricolor (Lesueur, 1817)
Species Actinia bicolor Lesson, 1830 accepted as Sagartia lessonii (Lesson, 1830)
Species Actinia carneola Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Stomphia carneola (Stimpson, 1853)
Species Actinia cavernata Bosc, 1802 accepted as Bunodosoma cavernatum (Bosc, 1802)
Species Actinia coccinea O.F. Müller accepted as Stomphia coccinea (Müller, 1776)
Species Actinia crassicornis Müller, 1776 accepted as Urticina crassicornis (Müller, 1776)
Species Actinia denticulosa Lesueur, 1817 accepted as Corynactis denticulosa (Le Sueur, 1817)
Species Actinia effoeta accepted as Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842)
Species Actinia elongata Delle Chiaje, 1825 (unaccepted)
Species Actinia filiformis Rapp, 1829 accepted as Cereus filiformis (Rapp, 1829)
Species Actinia flava Péron & Le Sueur in Le Sueur, 1817 accepted as Actinecta flava (Péron & Le Sueur in Le Sueur, 1817)
Species Actinia gemmacea Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Aulactinia verrucosa (Pennant, 1777)
Species Actinia glandulosa Otto, 1823 accepted as Bunodactis glandulosa (Otto, 1823)
Species Actinia granulifera Le Sueur, 1817 accepted as Bunodosoma granuliferum (Le Sueur, 1817)
Species Actinia infecunda McMurrich, 1893 accepted as Pseudactinia infecunda (McMurrich, 1893)
Species Actinia macloviana Lesson, 1830 accepted as Urticina macloviana (Lesson, 1830)
Species Actinia melanaster (Verrill, 1901) accepted as Anemonia melanaster (Verrill, 1901)
Species Actinia monile Templeton, 1836 accepted as Anthopleura monile (Templeton, 1836)
Species Actinia nigropunctata Stimpson, 1856 accepted as Sagartia nigropunctata (Stimpson, 1856)
Species Actinia olivacea Le Sueur, 1817 accepted as Actinecta olivacea (Le Sueur, 1817)
Species Actinia parasitica Couch, 1842 accepted as Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842)
Species Actinia plumosa accepted as Metridium senile (Linnaeus, 1761)
Species Actinia radiata Stimpson, 1856 accepted as Cricophorus radiatus (Stimpson, 1856)
Species Actinia sipunculoides Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Edwardsia sipunculoides (Stimpson, 1853)
Species Actinia ultramarina Péron & Le Sueur in Le Sueur, 1817 accepted as Actinecta ultramarina (Péron & Le Sueur in Le Sueur, 1817)
Species Actinia viridula Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Actinecta viridula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Actinia yarrellii Cocks, 1851 (unaccepted, Name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883)
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100694
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Actinia Linnaeus, 1767. In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100694 on 2013-05-20
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