Deep-Sea taxon details
Corallimorphus rigidus Moseley, 1877
283832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283832)
accepted
Species
Corallimorphus atlanticus Carlgren, 1934 · unaccepted
Corallimorphus obtectus Hertwig, 1888 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
Moseley H.N. 1877. On new forms of Actiniaria dredged in the deep sea; with a description of certain pelagic surface-swimming species.Transactions of the Linnean Society (London) Ser. 2. 1(5):295-305, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00444.x
page(s): 301-302, Plate XLV Fig. 9-10 [details]
page(s): 301-302, Plate XLV Fig. 9-10 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1889.11.25.1, geounit Indonesian...
Holotype BMNH 1889.11.25.1, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Daly, M.; Fautin, D.G. (2013). World List of Corallimorpharia. Corallimorphus rigidus Moseley, 1877. 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=283832 on 2026-10-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Corallimorphus rigidus Moseley, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283832 on 2026-10-15
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original description
Moseley H.N. 1877. On new forms of Actiniaria dredged in the deep sea; with a description of certain pelagic surface-swimming species.Transactions of the Linnean Society (London) Ser. 2. 1(5):295-305, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00444.x
page(s): 301-302, Plate XLV Fig. 9-10 [details]
original description (of Corallimorphus atlanticus Carlgren, 1934) Carlgren, O. (1934). Ceriantharia, Zoantharia and Actiniaria from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910, 5(6): 1-27
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Corallimorphus obtectus Hertwig, 1888) Hertwig, R. (1888). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by HMS 'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. Supplement. <em>Reports on the scientific results of the voyage of HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76.</em> XXVI, pt. LXXIII: 4–56. London, Edinburgh & Dublin., available online at https://archive.org/details/reportonactiniar00hert/page/16
page(s): 9-10 [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 Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
page(s): 277-278 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
page(s): 485-486 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81386
page(s): 277-278 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Carlgren, O. (1928). Actiniaria der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 22(4): 125-266 [reprint 1-144]
page(s): 128-131 [6-9] [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1943). East-Asiatic Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 20: 1-43, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 4-7 [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): 13 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O.; Stephenson, T. A. (1929). Actiniaria. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer. Sydney., volume 9 Part 2, pp. 5-34
page(s): 8-9 [details]
additional source Delage, Y.; Hérouard, E. (1901). Traité de zoologie concrète. Tome II – Deuxième partie. Les coelentérés. <em>Paris: Schleicher Frères.</em> 848 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52123450
page(s): 535 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C.; Grebelny, S. D. (2003). On the classification of Corallimorphus (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia): the ration of discal and marginal tentacles. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 163-171
page(s): 163, 166 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C.; Ocaña, O.; Brito, A. (1993). Corallimorpharia collected during the CANCAP expeditions (1976-1986) in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 282, 3-76
page(s): 47-48 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1984). More Antarctic and Subantarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria). Antarctic Research Series, 41, 1-42
page(s): 1, 5-9 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; White, T. R. & Pearson, K. E. (2002). Two New Species of Deep-Water Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Northeast Pacific, Corallimorphus denhartogi and C. pilatus. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 56(2): 113-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2002.0013
page(s): 114, 122 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, D.G. (2011). Corallimorphus niwa new species (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), New Zealand members of Corallimorphus, and redefinition of Corallimorphidae and its members. Zootaxa, 2775: 37–49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2775.1.2
page(s): 37, 38, 42, 44, 47, 48 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gravier, C. 1904. Recherches sur un cérianthaire pélagique du Golfe de Californie (Dactilactis benedeni, n.sp.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles (8)20: 253-294, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35466693
page(s): 284 [details]
additional source Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
page(s): 466 [details]
additional source Häussermann, V. (2010). Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia. pp. 267-272.
page(s): 268 [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]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 18, 20-24, 116, 118 [details]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 6(1): 1-136, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11377
page(s): 21, 23-29, 130, 132 [details]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1885). Narrative of the cruise. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 1, 2, 574-576
page(s): 574 [details]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1888). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by HMS 'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. Supplement. <em>Reports on the scientific results of the voyage of HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76.</em> XXVI, pt. LXXIII: 4–56. London, Edinburgh & Dublin., available online at https://archive.org/details/reportonactiniar00hert/page/16
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1904). The Actiniae of the Plate collection. Zoologische Jahrbücher, 6 Suppl.(2): 215-306
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. (2007). Biogeography of Antarctic sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): what do they tell us about the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna?. Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 1876-1904, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.013
page(s): 1880, 1890 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1920). The genus Corallimorphus. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 35B(9): 178-186
page(s): 179-185 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
page(s): 302 [details]
additional source Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
page(s): 106, 150, 153 [details]
additional source Weill, R., 1934. Contribution à l'étude des Cnidaires et de leurs nématocystes. II. Valeur taxonomique du cnidôme. Trav. Stn zool. Wimereux 11 : 349-701.
page(s): 357, 595, 599, 616 [details]
page(s): 301-302, Plate XLV Fig. 9-10 [details]
original description (of Corallimorphus atlanticus Carlgren, 1934) Carlgren, O. (1934). Ceriantharia, Zoantharia and Actiniaria from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910, 5(6): 1-27
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Corallimorphus obtectus Hertwig, 1888) Hertwig, R. (1888). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by HMS 'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. Supplement. <em>Reports on the scientific results of the voyage of HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76.</em> XXVI, pt. LXXIII: 4–56. London, Edinburgh & Dublin., available online at https://archive.org/details/reportonactiniar00hert/page/16
page(s): 9-10 [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 Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
page(s): 277-278 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
page(s): 485-486 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81386
page(s): 277-278 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Carlgren, O. (1928). Actiniaria der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 22(4): 125-266 [reprint 1-144]
page(s): 128-131 [6-9] [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1943). East-Asiatic Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 20: 1-43, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 4-7 [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): 13 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O.; Stephenson, T. A. (1929). Actiniaria. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer. Sydney., volume 9 Part 2, pp. 5-34
page(s): 8-9 [details]
additional source Delage, Y.; Hérouard, E. (1901). Traité de zoologie concrète. Tome II – Deuxième partie. Les coelentérés. <em>Paris: Schleicher Frères.</em> 848 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52123450
page(s): 535 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C.; Grebelny, S. D. (2003). On the classification of Corallimorphus (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia): the ration of discal and marginal tentacles. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 163-171
page(s): 163, 166 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C.; Ocaña, O.; Brito, A. (1993). Corallimorpharia collected during the CANCAP expeditions (1976-1986) in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 282, 3-76
page(s): 47-48 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1984). More Antarctic and Subantarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria). Antarctic Research Series, 41, 1-42
page(s): 1, 5-9 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; White, T. R. & Pearson, K. E. (2002). Two New Species of Deep-Water Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Northeast Pacific, Corallimorphus denhartogi and C. pilatus. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 56(2): 113-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2002.0013
page(s): 114, 122 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, D.G. (2011). Corallimorphus niwa new species (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), New Zealand members of Corallimorphus, and redefinition of Corallimorphidae and its members. Zootaxa, 2775: 37–49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2775.1.2
page(s): 37, 38, 42, 44, 47, 48 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gravier, C. 1904. Recherches sur un cérianthaire pélagique du Golfe de Californie (Dactilactis benedeni, n.sp.) Annales des Sciences Naturelles (8)20: 253-294, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35466693
page(s): 284 [details]
additional source Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
page(s): 466 [details]
additional source Häussermann, V. (2010). Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia. pp. 267-272.
page(s): 268 [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]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 18, 20-24, 116, 118 [details]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 6(1): 1-136, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11377
page(s): 21, 23-29, 130, 132 [details]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1885). Narrative of the cruise. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 1, 2, 574-576
page(s): 574 [details]
additional source Hertwig, R. (1888). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by HMS 'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. Supplement. <em>Reports on the scientific results of the voyage of HMS Challenger during the years 1873-76.</em> XXVI, pt. LXXIII: 4–56. London, Edinburgh & Dublin., available online at https://archive.org/details/reportonactiniar00hert/page/16
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1904). The Actiniae of the Plate collection. Zoologische Jahrbücher, 6 Suppl.(2): 215-306
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. (2007). Biogeography of Antarctic sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): what do they tell us about the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna?. Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 1876-1904, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.013
page(s): 1880, 1890 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1920). The genus Corallimorphus. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 35B(9): 178-186
page(s): 179-185 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
page(s): 302 [details]
additional source Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
page(s): 106, 150, 153 [details]
additional source Weill, R., 1934. Contribution à l'étude des Cnidaires et de leurs nématocystes. II. Valeur taxonomique du cnidôme. Trav. Stn zool. Wimereux 11 : 349-701.
page(s): 357, 595, 599, 616 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1889.11.25.1, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Corallimorphus atlanticus Carlgren, 1934) RMNH Coel. 17756, geounit Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 29326, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype CAS 34760, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype NIWA 13265, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 13267, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 13268 [details]
Nontype NIWA 13269, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 27621, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 34565, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 34566, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 34568, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 34571, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NIWA 41752, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 60698, geounit Antarctica [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat upper slope to abyssal [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Corallimorphus obtectus Hertwig, 1888)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corallimorphus rigidus, USNM 60698, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corallimorphus rigidus, USNM 60698, ventral)
To PESI (from synonym Corallimorphus atlanticus Carlgren, 1934)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Corallimorphus obtectus Hertwig, 1888)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corallimorphus rigidus, USNM 60698, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Corallimorphus rigidus, USNM 60698, ventral)
To PESI (from synonym Corallimorphus atlanticus Carlgren, 1934)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
