WoRMS taxon details
Hormathia nodosa (Fabricius, 1780)
100954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100954)
accepted
Species
Actinauge borealis Verrill, 1922 · unaccepted
Actinauge nodosa Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted
Actinauge rugosa Verrill, 1922 · unaccepted (pro parte syn of Actinauge...)
pro parte syn of Actinauge verrilli McMurrich, 1893
Actinia (Chondractinia) nodosa Fabricii, 1780 · unaccepted
Actinia (Diplostephanus) nodosa Fabricius, 1780 · alternative representation
Actinia nodosa Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted
Actinoloba nodosa · unaccepted
Chondrachtinia nodosa · unaccepted
Chondractinia nodosa (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted
Chondractinia tuberculosa (Verrill) · unaccepted
Hormathia (Chondractinia) nodosa (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted
Hormathia tuberculosa · unaccepted
Hormatia nodosa · unaccepted
Metridium nodosum · unaccepted
Urticina nodosa (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted
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]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of the middle St. Lawrence estuary, and the lower St. Lawrence...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of the middle St. Lawrence estuary, and the lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Hormathia nodosa (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100954 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actinauge rugosa Verrill, 1922) Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Actiniaria of the Canadian Arctic Expeditions, with notes on interesting species from Hudson Bay and other Canadian localities. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, 89-164
page(s): 95-97 [details]
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]
original description (of Actinauge borealis Verrill, 1922) Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Actiniaria of the Canadian Arctic Expeditions, with notes on interesting species from Hudson Bay and other Canadian localities. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, 89-164
page(s): 98-99 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 95-97 [details]
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]
original description (of Actinauge borealis Verrill, 1922) Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Actiniaria of the Canadian Arctic Expeditions, with notes on interesting species from Hudson Bay and other Canadian localities. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, 89-164
page(s): 98-99 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Fautin, D. G. (2016). Catalog to families, genera, and species of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4145(1): 1-449., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/zootaxa.4145.1.1/21995
page(s): 52; 96; 178; 221-222; 323-324;371 [details]
page(s): 52; 96; 178; 221-222; 323-324;371 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1932). Die Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien des arktischen Gebietes. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. <em>Gustav Fischer.Jena.</em> 255-266.
page(s): 262-263 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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): 93 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1920). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part I. -- Forms with acontia and forms with a mesogloeal sphincter. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 64, 2, (256): 425-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27706883#page/509/mode/1up
page(s): 535 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1994). Taxonomy and ecological aspects of the Subarctic sea anemones Hormathia digitata, Hormathia nodosa and Allantactis parasitica (Coelenterata, Actiniaria). Ophelia, 39(3): 197-224
page(s): 206-212 [details]
additional source Sebens, K. P. (1998). Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Zoanthidea, Corallimorpharia, and Ceriantharia. National Marine Fisheries Service. Seattle., volume 141, pp. 1-67
page(s): 11, 15, 30, 52-53 [details]
additional source Widersten, B. (1976). Ceriantharia, Zoanthidea, Corallimorpharia, and Actiniaria from the continental shelf and slope off the eastern coast of the United States. Fishery Bulletin, 74(4): 857-878
page(s): 871-872 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1930). Actiniaria and Zoantharia. Andr. Fred. Høst and Søn. Copenhagen., volume 1, pp. 05-01
page(s): 3 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1933). The Godthaab Expedition 1928 Zoantharia and Actiniaria. Meddelelser om Grønland, 79(8): 1-55
page(s): 26-28 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1934). Some Actiniaria from Bering Sea and Arctic waters. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 24(8): 348-353
page(s): 352-353 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1939). Actiniaria, Zoantharia, and Madreporaria. Zoology of Iceland, 2, 8, 1-20
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1989). Fishes that eat sea anemones, a review. Journal of Natural History, 23, 71-79
page(s): 72 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Gastropods carrying actinians. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 11-20
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Grebelny, S. D. (1980). The northern representatives of the genus Hormathia (Hormathiidae, Actinaria). Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas, 25 On the progress in taxonomy of marine invertebrates(33): 12-28
page(s): 12-28 [details]
additional source Grebelny, S. D. (1980). Distribution of the Actiniae in the Arctic. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Leningrad and Murmamsk., pp. 20-33
page(s): 28-30 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1973). Actiniaria des Südwestatlantik I. Hormathiidae. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 25, 273-325
page(s): 273, 322 [details]
additional source Jarms, G.; Tiemann, H. (2004). Actinostola callosa (Verrill, 1882) (Actinostolidae, Anthozoa), a medusivorous sea anemone and its mass occurrence in the Lurefjord, Norway. Helgoländer Marine Research, 58, 15-17
page(s): 17 [details]
additional source Zhiubikas, I. I. (1977). Some species of actinians of the western region of the Barents Sea and Franz Josef Land. Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. Zoological Institute. St. Petersburg., volume Explorations of the fauna of the seas XIV (XXII), pp. 106-125
page(s): 114-117 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Daly, M.; Cappola, V. A. (2005). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of the Faroe Islands: a preliminary list and biogeographic context. Annales Societatis Scientiarum Færoensis, 41, 77-87
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1942). Actiniaria Part II. Danish Ingolf-Expedition, 5, 12, 1-92
page(s): 46-47 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Carlgren, O. (1932). Die Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien des arktischen Gebietes. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. <em>Gustav Fischer.Jena.</em> 255-266.
page(s): 262-263 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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): 93 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1920). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part I. -- Forms with acontia and forms with a mesogloeal sphincter. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> 64, 2, (256): 425-574., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27706883#page/509/mode/1up
page(s): 535 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1994). Taxonomy and ecological aspects of the Subarctic sea anemones Hormathia digitata, Hormathia nodosa and Allantactis parasitica (Coelenterata, Actiniaria). Ophelia, 39(3): 197-224
page(s): 206-212 [details]
additional source Sebens, K. P. (1998). Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Zoanthidea, Corallimorpharia, and Ceriantharia. National Marine Fisheries Service. Seattle., volume 141, pp. 1-67
page(s): 11, 15, 30, 52-53 [details]
additional source Widersten, B. (1976). Ceriantharia, Zoanthidea, Corallimorpharia, and Actiniaria from the continental shelf and slope off the eastern coast of the United States. Fishery Bulletin, 74(4): 857-878
page(s): 871-872 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1930). Actiniaria and Zoantharia. Andr. Fred. Høst and Søn. Copenhagen., volume 1, pp. 05-01
page(s): 3 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1933). The Godthaab Expedition 1928 Zoantharia and Actiniaria. Meddelelser om Grønland, 79(8): 1-55
page(s): 26-28 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1934). Some Actiniaria from Bering Sea and Arctic waters. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 24(8): 348-353
page(s): 352-353 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1939). Actiniaria, Zoantharia, and Madreporaria. Zoology of Iceland, 2, 8, 1-20
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1989). Fishes that eat sea anemones, a review. Journal of Natural History, 23, 71-79
page(s): 72 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Gastropods carrying actinians. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 11-20
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Grebelny, S. D. (1980). The northern representatives of the genus Hormathia (Hormathiidae, Actinaria). Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas, 25 On the progress in taxonomy of marine invertebrates(33): 12-28
page(s): 12-28 [details]
additional source Grebelny, S. D. (1980). Distribution of the Actiniae in the Arctic. Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Leningrad and Murmamsk., pp. 20-33
page(s): 28-30 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1973). Actiniaria des Südwestatlantik I. Hormathiidae. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 25, 273-325
page(s): 273, 322 [details]
additional source Jarms, G.; Tiemann, H. (2004). Actinostola callosa (Verrill, 1882) (Actinostolidae, Anthozoa), a medusivorous sea anemone and its mass occurrence in the Lurefjord, Norway. Helgoländer Marine Research, 58, 15-17
page(s): 17 [details]
additional source Zhiubikas, I. I. (1977). Some species of actinians of the western region of the Barents Sea and Franz Josef Land. Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. Zoological Institute. St. Petersburg., volume Explorations of the fauna of the seas XIV (XXII), pp. 106-125
page(s): 114-117 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Daly, M.; Cappola, V. A. (2005). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of the Faroe Islands: a preliminary list and biogeographic context. Annales Societatis Scientiarum Færoensis, 41, 77-87
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1942). Actiniaria Part II. Danish Ingolf-Expedition, 5, 12, 1-92
page(s): 46-47 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype NEFSC [details]
Nontype NEFSC, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NEFSC, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NEFSC, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Actinauge rugosa Verrill, 1922) NMC CMNI 1900-2900, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Actinauge rugosa Verrill, 1922) NMC CMNI 1900-2901, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Actinauge rugosa Verrill, 1922) YPM 9690, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Actinauge borealis Verrill, 1922) NMC CMNI 1900-2902, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ZMH C11478, geounit Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland) [details]
Unknown type ZMH C7158, geounit Danish Exclusive Economic Zone (Greenland) [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of the middle St. Lawrence estuary, and the lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]Habitat coastal to slope [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | rugose anemonenodular sea anemoneknobby anemone | [details] |
| French | anémone noduleuse | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Chondractinia nodosa (Fabricius, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Actinia nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Actinauge rugosa Verrill, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Actinauge nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (16 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Actinauge nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (564 records) (from synonym Actinauge nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Chondractinia nodosa (Fabricius, 1780))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Actinia nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Actinauge rugosa Verrill, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Actinauge nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (16 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Actinauge nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (564 records) (from synonym Actinauge nodosa Fabricius, 1780)
To ITIS
