WoRMS name details
Priapus Forsskål, 1775
740995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740995)
unaccepted (suppressed in Opinion 1295 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature)
Genus
- Species Priapus albus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Discosoma album (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Priapus equinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Priapus felinus Linnaeus, 1761 accepted as Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Species Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Stichodactyla gigantea (Forsskål, 1775) (original binomen)
- Species Priapus humanus Linnaeus, 1758 (name unavailable rejected by ICZN)
- Species Priapus judaicus Linnaeus, 1761 accepted as Actinia judaica (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Species Priapus polypus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Calliactis polypus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Priapus ruber Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Priapus senilis Linnaeus, 1761 accepted as Metridium senile (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Species Priapus viridis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775) (original binomen)
marine, terrestrial
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
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Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2024). World List of Actiniaria. Priapus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740995 on 2024-08-16
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original description
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 123 [details]
additional source Melville, R. V.; Smith, J. D. D. (1987). Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. London., edition 1, pp. 366.
page(s): 155 [details]
additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985). Opinion 1295 (Case 825): Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 and Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Coelenterata, Actiniaria) and Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820 (Echinodermata, Holothurioidea) [sic]: conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 42(1): 34-36
page(s): 34, 35 [details]
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 123 [details]
additional source Melville, R. V.; Smith, J. D. D. (1987). Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. London., edition 1, pp. 366.
page(s): 155 [details]
additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985). Opinion 1295 (Case 825): Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 and Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Coelenterata, Actiniaria) and Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820 (Echinodermata, Holothurioidea) [sic]: conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 42(1): 34-36
page(s): 34, 35 [details]