WoRMS name details
Plotactis Milne Edwards, 1857
854045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:854045)
unaccepted
Genus
- Species Plotactis flavea accepted as Actinecta flava (Péron & Le Sueur in Le Sueur, 1817)
marine, terrestrial
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 229 [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Plotactis Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=854045 on 2026-08-31
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Nomenclature
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Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 229 [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
page(s): 397, 464 [details]
additional source Moseley H.N. 1877. On new forms of Actiniaria dredged in the deep sea; with a description of certain pelagic surface-swimming species.Transactions of the Linnean Society (London) Ser. 2. 1(5):295-305, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00444.x
page(s): 297 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
page(s): 397, 464 [details]
additional source Moseley H.N. 1877. On new forms of Actiniaria dredged in the deep sea; with a description of certain pelagic surface-swimming species.Transactions of the Linnean Society (London) Ser. 2. 1(5):295-305, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00444.x
page(s): 297 [details]
