WoRMS taxon details
Stichodactyla mertensii Brandt, 1835
291136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291136)
accepted
Species
Stichodactyla meretensii · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 16 [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
Note Type species of *Stichodactyla* by monotypy.
Type species Type species of *Stichodactyla* by monotypy. [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2024). World List of Actiniaria. Stichodactyla mertensii Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291136 on 2024-04-23
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Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 16 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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]
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): 284 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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): 284 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Hand, C. H. (2000). Metridium farcimen, the valid name of a common North Pacific sea anemone (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Acontiaria). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113(4): 1151-1161
page(s): 1154 [details]
additional source Cutress, C. E.; Arneson, C. A. (1987). Sea anemones of Enewetak Atoll. Office of Scientific and Technical Information, US Department of Energy., chapter 6, volume 2 Biogeography and Systematics, pp. 53-62
page(s): 54, 55, 57, 59 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1981). The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 71, 1, 1-115
page(s): 5, 56, 62, 90, 95, 99-105, 107 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
page(s): 23 Tab. 1, 27 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1985). Competition by anemone fishes for host actinians. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 5, 373-377
page(s): 375, 377 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1986). Why do anemonefishes inhabit only some host actinians?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 15(3): 171-180
page(s): 172-173 [details]
additional source Arvedlund, M.; Bundgaard, I.; Nielsen, L. E. (2000). Host imprinting in anemonefishes (Pisces: Pomacentridae): does it dictate spawning site preferences?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 58, 203-213
page(s): 206-207 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1997). The sea anemone fauna of Indonesian coral reefs. Periplus Editions. Republic of Singapore., chapter Box 8.2, volume 7, pp. 351-370
page(s): 353-356 [details]
additional source Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
page(s): 96, 151, 155 [details]
additional source Paulay, G.; Puglisi, M. P.; Starmer, J. A. (2003). The non-scleractinian Anthozoa (Cnidaria) of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35-36, 138-155
page(s): 148 [details]
additional source Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Le Renard, J.; Foubert, A.; Kolyva-Machaira, P. (1996). Classification of cnidarian nematocysts using multivariate and digital image analysis. Bios, 4, 123-135
page(s): 127, 130 [details]
additional source Astalhov, D. A. (2002). Species composition of anemonefishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in the Khanhhoa Province (South Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology, 42(1): 37-50
page(s): 37-38, 41-43, 46, 48 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1991). The anemonefish symbiosis: what is known and what is not. Symbiosis, 10, 23-46
page(s): 27, 28, 37 [details]
additional source Acuña, F. H.; Griffiths, C. L. (2004). Species richness, endemicity and distribution patterns of South African sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria & Corallimorpharia). African Zoology, 39(2): 193-200
page(s): 196 [details]
additional source Arvedlund, M.; Iwao, K.; Brolund, T. M.; Takemura, A. (2006). Juvenile Thalassoma amblycephalum Bleeker (Labridae, Teleostei) dwelling among the tentacles of sea anemones: a cleanerfish with an unusual talent?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 329, 161-173
page(s): 166, 167 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1994). Sea anemones of the Seychelles. J. van der Land (eds.). National Museum of Natural History. Leiden, chapter 6.2, volume 2, pp. 75-79
page(s): 77, 78 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. Zootaxa, 1668, 183-244
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Ninh, T. D.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2008). Unusual arsenic speciation in sea anemones. Chemosphere, 70, 1168-1174
page(s): 1168-1173 [details]
additional source Alegre-Cebollada, J.; Oñaderra, M.; Gavilanes, J. G.; Martínez del Pozo, A. (2007). Sea anemone actinoporins: the transition from a folded soluble state to a functionally active membrane-bound oligomeric pore. Current Protein and Peptide Science, 8, 558-572
page(s): 559 [details]
additional source Bos, A. R. (2011). Clownfishes Amphiprion clarkii and A. sandaracinos (Pomacentridae) coexist in the sea anemone Stichodactyla mertensii. Coral Reefs, 30, 369
page(s): 369 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 699 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1985). Sea anemones that harbor symbiotic pomacentrid fishes in the western Pacific. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18, 279-283
page(s): 281 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1997). Notes on the genus Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) and its host sea anemones in the Seychelles. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 71(17), 181-188
page(s): 182-186, 188 [details]
additional source Hirose, Y. (1985). Habitat, distribution and abundance of coral reef sea-anemones (Actiniidae and Stichodactylidae) in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, with notes on expansion and contraction behavior. Galaxea, 4(2), 113-127
page(s): 114, 116, 118 [details]
additional source Zhu, B.; Pan, K.; Wang, G. (2008). Changes of cellular superficial configuration of symbiotic algae during cultivation from two anemones found in the South China Sea. Journal of Ocean University of China, 7(1): 89-92
page(s): 89-91 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
page(s): 492 [details]
ecology source Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Majoris, J. E.; Titus, B. M.; Berumen, M. L. (2021). Clownfish hosting anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) of the Red Sea: new associations and distributions, historical misidentifications, and morphological variability. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 14(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00216-6 [details]
biology source Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Justo, M. S.; Berumen, M. L.; Peixoto, R.; Titus, B. M. (2022). Novel in situ observations of asexual reproduction in the carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii (Stichodactylidae, Actiniaria). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1103: 57-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1103.84415
note: Documents asexual reproduction [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 16 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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]
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): 284 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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): 284 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Hand, C. H. (2000). Metridium farcimen, the valid name of a common North Pacific sea anemone (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Acontiaria). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113(4): 1151-1161
page(s): 1154 [details]
additional source Cutress, C. E.; Arneson, C. A. (1987). Sea anemones of Enewetak Atoll. Office of Scientific and Technical Information, US Department of Energy., chapter 6, volume 2 Biogeography and Systematics, pp. 53-62
page(s): 54, 55, 57, 59 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1981). The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 71, 1, 1-115
page(s): 5, 56, 62, 90, 95, 99-105, 107 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
page(s): 23 Tab. 1, 27 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1985). Competition by anemone fishes for host actinians. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 5, 373-377
page(s): 375, 377 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1986). Why do anemonefishes inhabit only some host actinians?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 15(3): 171-180
page(s): 172-173 [details]
additional source Arvedlund, M.; Bundgaard, I.; Nielsen, L. E. (2000). Host imprinting in anemonefishes (Pisces: Pomacentridae): does it dictate spawning site preferences?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 58, 203-213
page(s): 206-207 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1997). The sea anemone fauna of Indonesian coral reefs. Periplus Editions. Republic of Singapore., chapter Box 8.2, volume 7, pp. 351-370
page(s): 353-356 [details]
additional source Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
page(s): 96, 151, 155 [details]
additional source Paulay, G.; Puglisi, M. P.; Starmer, J. A. (2003). The non-scleractinian Anthozoa (Cnidaria) of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35-36, 138-155
page(s): 148 [details]
additional source Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Le Renard, J.; Foubert, A.; Kolyva-Machaira, P. (1996). Classification of cnidarian nematocysts using multivariate and digital image analysis. Bios, 4, 123-135
page(s): 127, 130 [details]
additional source Astalhov, D. A. (2002). Species composition of anemonefishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in the Khanhhoa Province (South Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology, 42(1): 37-50
page(s): 37-38, 41-43, 46, 48 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1991). The anemonefish symbiosis: what is known and what is not. Symbiosis, 10, 23-46
page(s): 27, 28, 37 [details]
additional source Acuña, F. H.; Griffiths, C. L. (2004). Species richness, endemicity and distribution patterns of South African sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria & Corallimorpharia). African Zoology, 39(2): 193-200
page(s): 196 [details]
additional source Arvedlund, M.; Iwao, K.; Brolund, T. M.; Takemura, A. (2006). Juvenile Thalassoma amblycephalum Bleeker (Labridae, Teleostei) dwelling among the tentacles of sea anemones: a cleanerfish with an unusual talent?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 329, 161-173
page(s): 166, 167 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1994). Sea anemones of the Seychelles. J. van der Land (eds.). National Museum of Natural History. Leiden, chapter 6.2, volume 2, pp. 75-79
page(s): 77, 78 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. Zootaxa, 1668, 183-244
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Ninh, T. D.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2008). Unusual arsenic speciation in sea anemones. Chemosphere, 70, 1168-1174
page(s): 1168-1173 [details]
additional source Alegre-Cebollada, J.; Oñaderra, M.; Gavilanes, J. G.; Martínez del Pozo, A. (2007). Sea anemone actinoporins: the transition from a folded soluble state to a functionally active membrane-bound oligomeric pore. Current Protein and Peptide Science, 8, 558-572
page(s): 559 [details]
additional source Bos, A. R. (2011). Clownfishes Amphiprion clarkii and A. sandaracinos (Pomacentridae) coexist in the sea anemone Stichodactyla mertensii. Coral Reefs, 30, 369
page(s): 369 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 699 [details]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1985). Sea anemones that harbor symbiotic pomacentrid fishes in the western Pacific. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18, 279-283
page(s): 281 [details]
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1997). Notes on the genus Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) and its host sea anemones in the Seychelles. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 71(17), 181-188
page(s): 182-186, 188 [details]
additional source Hirose, Y. (1985). Habitat, distribution and abundance of coral reef sea-anemones (Actiniidae and Stichodactylidae) in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, with notes on expansion and contraction behavior. Galaxea, 4(2), 113-127
page(s): 114, 116, 118 [details]
additional source Zhu, B.; Pan, K.; Wang, G. (2008). Changes of cellular superficial configuration of symbiotic algae during cultivation from two anemones found in the South China Sea. Journal of Ocean University of China, 7(1): 89-92
page(s): 89-91 [details]
additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
page(s): 492 [details]
ecology source Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Majoris, J. E.; Titus, B. M.; Berumen, M. L. (2021). Clownfish hosting anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) of the Red Sea: new associations and distributions, historical misidentifications, and morphological variability. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 14(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00216-6 [details]
biology source Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Justo, M. S.; Berumen, M. L.; Peixoto, R.; Titus, B. M. (2022). Novel in situ observations of asexual reproduction in the carpet sea anemone, Stichodactyla mertensii (Stichodactylidae, Actiniaria). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1103: 57-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1103.84415
note: Documents asexual reproduction [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype CAS 10383, geounit Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 10404, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9489, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9490, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9491, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9492, geounit Guam Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9526, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9527, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9664, geounit Thailand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9665, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9762, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9763, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9764, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 9770, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MOM, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MOM, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 18703, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 18709, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 18711, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Type species Type species of *Stichodactyla* by monotypy. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | saddle anemoneMertens' sea anemoneMerten's sea anemoneMerten's carpet anemone | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Merten's Sea Anemone)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Merten's Sea Anemone)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Merten's Sea Anemone)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Merten's Sea Anemone)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Merten's Sea Anemone)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Merten's Sea Anemone)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
