WoRMS taxon details
Relicanthidae Rodríguez & Daly, 2014
1339256 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1339256)
accepted
Family
Relicanthus Rodriguez & Daly, 2014 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rodríguez, E.; Barbeitos, M. S.; Brugler, M. R.; Crowley, L. M.; Grajales, A.; Gusmão, L.; Häussermann, V.; Reft, A.; Daly, M. (2014). Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(5): e96998., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096998 [details]
Etymology Name comes from the Latin word “reliquiae” meaning “old remains”
Etymology Name comes from the Latin word “reliquiae” meaning “old remains” [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Relicanthidae Rodríguez & Daly, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1339256 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Rodríguez, E.; Barbeitos, M. S.; Brugler, M. R.; Crowley, L. M.; Grajales, A.; Gusmão, L.; Häussermann, V.; Reft, A.; Daly, M. (2014). Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(5): e96998., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096998 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Name comes from the Latin word “reliquiae” meaning “old remains” [details]Morphology Although molecular data do not closely affiliate this taxon with Actiniaria, the ultrastructure of its nematocysts strongly suggest that it belongs within Actiniaria: basitrichs of Relicanthus daphneae comb. nov. have apical flaps and the distal tubule of microbasic p-mastigophores of R. daphneae comb. nov. does not have spines; these features recall those of Actiniaria. [details]
