WoRMS taxon details
Scolanthus curacaoensis (Pax, 1924)
283557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283557)
accepted
Species
Edwardsia horstii Pax, 1924 · unaccepted
Isoedwardsia curacaeoensis · unaccepted
Isoedwardsia curacaoensis Pax, 1924 · unaccepted
Isoedwardsia curaçaoensis Pax, 1924 · unaccepted (original binomen)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Scolanthus curacaoensis (Pax, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283557 on 2026-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Edwardsia horstii Pax, 1924) Pax, F. (1924). Actiniarien, Zoantharien und Ceriantharien von Curaçao. Kungliga Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra (Amsterdam), 23, 93-122, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02301007
page(s): 94-97, 98, 119 [details]
original description (of Isoedwardsia curaçaoensis Pax, 1924) Pax, F. (1924). Actiniarien, Zoantharien und Ceriantharien von Curaçao. Kungliga Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra (Amsterdam), 23, 93-122, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02301007
page(s): 94, 97-98, 119 [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]
page(s): 94-97, 98, 119 [details]
original description (of Isoedwardsia curaçaoensis Pax, 1924) Pax, F. (1924). Actiniarien, Zoantharien und Ceriantharien von Curaçao. Kungliga Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra (Amsterdam), 23, 93-122, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02301007
page(s): 94, 97-98, 119 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1987). Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 53(4): 205-292
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Williams, R. B. (1981). A sea anemone, Edwardsia meridionalis sp. nov., from Antarctica and a preliminary revision of the genus Edwardsia De Quatrefages, 1841 (Coelenterata: Actiniaria). Records of the Australian Museum (Sydney), 33(6): 325-360, available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.33.1981.271
page(s): 325, 350 [details]
additional source Daly, M. (2002). A systematic revision of Edwardsiidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Invertebrate Biology, 121(3): 212-225, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00061.x
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source Liñero Arana, I.; González, L. (2008). Hábitos alimenticios y aspectos poblacionales de Scolanthus curacaoensis (Pax, 1924) (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) en la Laguna de Chacopata, Venezuela. Boletim del Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela, 47(1): 41-45
page(s): 41, 43, 44 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source England, K. W. (1987). Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 53(4): 205-292
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Williams, R. B. (1981). A sea anemone, Edwardsia meridionalis sp. nov., from Antarctica and a preliminary revision of the genus Edwardsia De Quatrefages, 1841 (Coelenterata: Actiniaria). Records of the Australian Museum (Sydney), 33(6): 325-360, available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.33.1981.271
page(s): 325, 350 [details]
additional source Daly, M. (2002). A systematic revision of Edwardsiidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Invertebrate Biology, 121(3): 212-225, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00061.x
page(s): 220 [details]
additional source Liñero Arana, I.; González, L. (2008). Hábitos alimenticios y aspectos poblacionales de Scolanthus curacaoensis (Pax, 1924) (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) en la Laguna de Chacopata, Venezuela. Boletim del Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela, 47(1): 41-45
page(s): 41, 43, 44 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Edwardsia horstii Pax, 1924) UAZM 2531, geounit Netherlands Antilles [details]
