Deep-Sea taxon details
Anthosactis excavata (Hertwig, 1882)
283456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283456)
accepted
Species
Paractis excavata Hertwig, 1882 · unaccepted (original binomen)
marine, terrestrial
(of Paractis excavata Hertwig, 1882) Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 36-38, 116, 118 [details]
page(s): 36-38, 116, 118 [details]
Holotype (of Paractis excavata Hertwig, 1882) BMNH...
Holotype (of Paractis excavata Hertwig, 1882) BMNH 1889.11.25.65, geounit Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Anthosactis excavata (Hertwig, 1882). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283456 on 2026-10-07
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anthosactis excavata (Hertwig, 1882). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283456 on 2026-10-07
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(of Paractis excavata Hertwig, 1882) Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 36-38, 116, 118 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar.</em> 1: 1–121.
page(s): 82 [details]
additional source Daly, M. & Gusmão, L. (2007). The first sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from a whale fall. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(1-4): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930601121775
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grebelny, S. D. (1980). Distribution of the Actiniae in the Arctic. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Leningrad and Murmamsk., pp. 20-33
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2005). Distribution patterns of Chilean shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinaria, Corallimorpharia), with a discussion of the taxonomic and zoogeographic relationships between the actinofauna of ths South East Pacific, the South West Atlantic, and the Antarctic. Scientia Marina, 69 (Suppl. 2), 91-102, available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s291
page(s): 95 [details]
page(s): 36-38, 116, 118 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar.</em> 1: 1–121.
page(s): 82 [details]
additional source Daly, M. & Gusmão, L. (2007). The first sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from a whale fall. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(1-4): 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930601121775
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grebelny, S. D. (1980). Distribution of the Actiniae in the Arctic. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Leningrad and Murmamsk., pp. 20-33
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2005). Distribution patterns of Chilean shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinaria, Corallimorpharia), with a discussion of the taxonomic and zoogeographic relationships between the actinofauna of ths South East Pacific, the South West Atlantic, and the Antarctic. Scientia Marina, 69 (Suppl. 2), 91-102, available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s291
page(s): 95 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Paractis excavata Hertwig, 1882) BMNH 1889.11.25.65, geounit Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal [details]
