WoRMS taxon details
Pseudactinia flagellifera (Drayton in Dana, 1846)
413971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413971)
accepted
Species
Actinia flagellifera Drayton in Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (original binomen)
Anemonia flagellifera (Drayton in Dana, 1846) · unaccepted
Comactis flagellifera (Drayton in Dana, 1846) · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
(of Actinia flagellifera Drayton in Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 126-128 [details]
page(s): 126-128 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Pseudactinia flagellifera (Drayton in Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413971 on 2026-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actinia flagellifera Drayton in Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 126-128 [details]
page(s): 126-128 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Krijgsman, B.J. & F.H. Talbot, 1953. Experiments on digestion in sea-anemones. Arch. Intern. Physiol. 61 3: 277-291.
page(s): 280, 287, 289 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1938). South African Actiniaria and Zoantharia. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 17(3): 1-148.
page(s): 54-57 [details]
additional source Haussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (2001). A new species of sea anemone from Chile, n. sp. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). An invader or an indicator for environmental change in shallow water?. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 1(3): 211-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00018
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 52 [details]
additional source Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.279151
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1939). Actiniaria and Zoantharia of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 49(3): 791-800, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800017440
page(s): 792 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2004.11657216
page(s): 196 [details]
additional source Kruger, L. M.; Griffiths, C. L. (1998). Sea anemones as secondary consumers on rocky shores in the south-western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Natural History, 32, 629-644, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939800770331
page(s): 629, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1928). Actiniaria der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 22(4): 125-266 [reprint 1-144]
page(s): 153-157 [31-35] [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Krijgsman, B.J. & F.H. Talbot, 1953. Experiments on digestion in sea-anemones. Arch. Intern. Physiol. 61 3: 277-291.
page(s): 280, 287, 289 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1938). South African Actiniaria and Zoantharia. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 17(3): 1-148.
page(s): 54-57 [details]
additional source Haussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (2001). A new species of sea anemone from Chile, n. sp. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). An invader or an indicator for environmental change in shallow water?. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 1(3): 211-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.1078/1439-6092-00018
page(s): 221 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 52 [details]
additional source Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.279151
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1939). Actiniaria and Zoantharia of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 49(3): 791-800, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800017440
page(s): 792 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2004.11657216
page(s): 196 [details]
additional source Kruger, L. M.; Griffiths, C. L. (1998). Sea anemones as secondary consumers on rocky shores in the south-western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Natural History, 32, 629-644, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939800770331
page(s): 629, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1928). Actiniaria der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 22(4): 125-266 [reprint 1-144]
page(s): 153-157 [31-35] [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
