WoRMS name details
Urticina nodosa (Fabricius, 1780)
854663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:854663)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, terrestrial
(of Actinia nodosa Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Urticina nodosa (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=854663 on 2026-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actinia nodosa Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 350 [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 350 [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 Verrill, A. E. (1872-1874). Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 3, 5: 1-16 [issue for January 1873; separate copies distributed 13 Dec. 1872]; 5: 98-106 [Feb. 1873]; 6: 435-441 [Dec. 1873]; 7: 38-46 [Jan. 1874]; 7: 131-138 [Feb. 1874]; 7: 405-414, pls 4-5 [April 1874]; 7: 498-505, pls 6-8 [May 1874]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36820545
page(s): 413, 500, 504 [details]
additional source Verrill, Addison Emery. (1874). Explorations of Casco Bay by the U.S. Fish Commission in 1873. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 22: 340-395, 6 plates., available online at http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsamer11sciegoog#page/n594/mode/2up
page(s): 349 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1873). Brief contributions to zooelogy, from the museum of Yale College; No. XXV, Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England, No. 3. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s3-6(36): 435–440., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/65062-brief-contributions-to-zooelogy-from-the-museum-of-yale-college-no-xxv-results-of-recent-dredging-expeditions-on-the-coast-of-new-england-no-3
page(s): 440 [details]
additional source Verrill A.E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, Nº 4. <i>American Journal of Science</i>, (3)23: 216–225., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38921856
page(s): 224 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 3. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> (3) 23: 136-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38921775
page(s): 136, 137 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E.; Rathbun, R. (1879). List of marine invertebrata from the New England coast. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 2 : 227-232.
page(s): 229 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. <em>Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers. New Haven.</em> pp. 32.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Harger, O.; Smith, S. I. (1876). Report on the dredgings in the region of St. George's Banks, in 1872. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 3, 1, 1-57
page(s): 54 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1872-1874). Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 3, 5: 1-16 [issue for January 1873; separate copies distributed 13 Dec. 1872]; 5: 98-106 [Feb. 1873]; 6: 435-441 [Dec. 1873]; 7: 38-46 [Jan. 1874]; 7: 131-138 [Feb. 1874]; 7: 405-414, pls 4-5 [April 1874]; 7: 498-505, pls 6-8 [May 1874]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36820545
page(s): 413, 500, 504 [details]
additional source Verrill, Addison Emery. (1874). Explorations of Casco Bay by the U.S. Fish Commission in 1873. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 22: 340-395, 6 plates., available online at http://archive.org/stream/proceedingsamer11sciegoog#page/n594/mode/2up
page(s): 349 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1873). Brief contributions to zooelogy, from the museum of Yale College; No. XXV, Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England, No. 3. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s3-6(36): 435–440., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/65062-brief-contributions-to-zooelogy-from-the-museum-of-yale-college-no-xxv-results-of-recent-dredging-expeditions-on-the-coast-of-new-england-no-3
page(s): 440 [details]
additional source Verrill A.E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, Nº 4. <i>American Journal of Science</i>, (3)23: 216–225., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38921856
page(s): 224 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 3. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> (3) 23: 136-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38921775
page(s): 136, 137 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E.; Rathbun, R. (1879). List of marine invertebrata from the New England coast. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 2 : 227-232.
page(s): 229 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Verrill, A. E. (1879). Preliminary check-list of the marine invertebrata of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. <em>Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers. New Haven.</em> pp. 32.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Harger, O.; Smith, S. I. (1876). Report on the dredgings in the region of St. George's Banks, in 1872. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 3, 1, 1-57
page(s): 54 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
