WoRMS taxon details
Entacmaea medusivora Fautin & Fitt, 1991
289897 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289897)
accepted
Species
Entacmea medusivora Fautin & Fitt, 1991 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
Fautin, D. G.; Fitt, W. K. (1991). A jellyfish-eating sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) from Palau: Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 216(1): 453-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026499 [details]
Holotype CAS 34134, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone
Holotype CAS 34134, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Entacmaea medusivora Fautin & Fitt, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289897 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Fautin, D. G.; Fitt, W. K. (1991). A jellyfish-eating sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) from Palau: Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 216(1): 453-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00026499 [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]
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 Fautin, D.G, Hickman, C. P. Jr., Daly, M., Molodtsova, T. 2007. Shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) and tube anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Ceriantharia) of the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Science 61(4): 549-573, available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[549:ssacaa]2.0.co;2
page(s): 564 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fautin, D.G, Hickman, C. P. Jr., Daly, M., Molodtsova, T. 2007. Shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) and tube anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Ceriantharia) of the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Science 61(4): 549-573, available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[549:ssacaa]2.0.co;2
page(s): 564 [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
