African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Actinodiscus nummiformis

AphiaID

220516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220516)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Discosoma nummiforme Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

Rank

Species

Parent

Actinodiscus de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Discosoma Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Daly, M.; Fautin, D.G. (2013). World List of Corallimorpharia. Actinodiscus nummiformis. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220516 on 2026-01-18

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Actinodiscus nummiformis. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220516 on 2026-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-10-30 10:47:35Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2012-01-02 10:37:42Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fishelson, L. (1970). Littoral fauna of the Red Sea: the population of non-scleractinian anthozoans of shallow waters of the Red Sea. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 6 (2): 106-116.
page(s): 112-113, fig. 17 [details]

additional source 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): 15 [details]

additional source Cutress, C. E. (1979). Bunodeopsis medusoides Fowler and Actinodiscus neglectus Fowler, two Tahitian sea anemones: redescription and biological notes. Bulletin of Marine Science, 29(1): 96-109
page(s): 108 [details]

additional source Schmidt, H. (1974). On evolution in the Anthozoa. Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 533-560
page(s): 547 [details]

source of synonymy Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 36 proteins)