WoRMS taxon details
Cereus Oken, 1815
AphiaID: 100774
AphiaID: 100774
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nyantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Acontiaria (Superfamily) > Sagartiidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Sagartiidae Gosse, 1858 | |||||||
| Sources |
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: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Cereus amethystinus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Species Cereus herpetodes (McMurrich, 1904) Species Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777) Species Cereus filiformis (Rapp, 1829) (nomen dubium, nomen dubium according to Andres, 1883) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100774 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Cereus Oken, 1815. 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=100774 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||
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