Deep-Sea taxon details
Telmatactis cricoides (Duchassaing, 1850)
100971 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100971)
accepted
Species
Telmatactis valle-flori Gravier, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Telmatactis cricoides (Duchassaing, 1850). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100971 on 2026-08-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Telmatactis cricoides (Duchassaing, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100971 on 2026-08-08
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original description
(of Telmatactis valle-flori Gravier, 1916) Gravier, C. (1916). Sur un type nouveau d'actinie de l'ile San Thomé (Golfe de Guinée). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 22(5): 234-236, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17130
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of ) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 10 [details]
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 (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Khan, R.N.; Becker, J.H.; Crowther, A.L.; Lawn, I.D. (1999). Spatial distribution of symbiotic shrimps (<i>Periclimenes holthuisi</i>, <i>P. brevicarpalis</i>, <i>Thor amboinensis</i>) on the sea anemone <i>Stichodactyla haddoni</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 84(1): 201-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009063h
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Daly, M. (2009). Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, and Zoanthidea (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 349-357. <em>in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity.</em> A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/15-Fautin%20and%20Daly%202009-Actinians%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. 1997. Crustacean symbionts of the sea anemone Telmatactis cricoides at Madeira and the Canary Islands.-- Journal of Zoology, London 242 (4): 799-811., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05827.x
page(s): 799-809 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., J.C. den Hartog & C. Arneson. (1986). Class Anthozoa (Corals, Anemones). <em>In: Sterrer, W. (ed.). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, USA.</em> pp. 159-194.
page(s): 174, 175 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. <em>Life and Marine Sciences.</em> 19A: 33-54.
page(s): 41-42, 47-48 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wirtz, P. (2009). Ten New Records of Marine Invertebrates from the Azores. Arquipelago, Life and Marine Sciences, 26: 45-49, available online at http://repositorio.uac.pt/handle/10400.3/198
page(s): 45, 46, 47, 48 [details] Available for editors
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1995). The genus Telmatactis Gravier, 1916 (Actiniaria: Acontiaria: Isophelliidae) in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 69(14): 153-176
page(s): 153-154, 166-173 [details]
additional source Varela, C.; Santana, I.; Ortiz, M.; Lalana, R.; Caballero, H.; Chevalier, P. (2001). Adiciones a la actinofauna (Anthozoa: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia), de Cuba. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 22, 3, 187-190
page(s): 188, 189-190 [details]
additional source Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Loukmidou, S.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A. (1997). Inventaire du cnidome des actiniaires et corallimorphaires de Mediterranee (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bios, 4, 63-114
page(s): 90-91, 109 [details]
additional source Barrios-Suárez, L. M.; Reyes, J. O.; Navas, G. R.; García, C. B. (2002). Distribution of anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) in the area of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean [Distribución de las anémonas (Anthozoa: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia) en el área de Santa Marta, Caribe columbiano]. Ciencias Marinas, 28(1): 37-48, available online at https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v28i1.207
page(s): 41, 43, [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. (2008). Crustaceans associated with Cnidaria, Bivalvia, Echinoidea and Pisces at São Tomé and Príncipe islands. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 25, 63-69
page(s): 64 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. (1996). The sea anemone Telmatactis cricoides from Madeira and the Canary Islands: size frequency, depth distribution and colour polymorphism. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 14A, 1-5
page(s): 1-5 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P.; d'Udekem-d'Acoz, C. (2001). Decapoda from Antipatharia, Gorgonaria and Bivalvia at the Cape Verde Islands. Helgoländer Marine Research, 55, 112-115, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100073
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Wittman, K. J. (2008). Two new species of Heteromysini (Mysida, Mysidae) from the island of Madeira (N.E. Atlantic), with notes on sea anemone and hermit crab commensalisms in the genus Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873. Crustaceana, 81(3): 351-374, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854008783564037
page(s): 351, 361, 367, 370 [details] Available for editors
additional source Martín-Arjona, A.; Muñoz-Caballero, A.; Serrano, A.; Díaz-Viñolas, D.; Urra, J. (2024). The thermophilic sea anemone <i>Telmatactis cricoides</i> (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) in the western Mediterranean: filling gaps in the knowledge of the distribution. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315424000043 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of ) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 10 [details]
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 (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Khan, R.N.; Becker, J.H.; Crowther, A.L.; Lawn, I.D. (1999). Spatial distribution of symbiotic shrimps (<i>Periclimenes holthuisi</i>, <i>P. brevicarpalis</i>, <i>Thor amboinensis</i>) on the sea anemone <i>Stichodactyla haddoni</i>. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 84(1): 201-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009063h
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Daly, M. (2009). Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, and Zoanthidea (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 349-357. <em>in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity.</em> A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/15-Fautin%20and%20Daly%202009-Actinians%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. 1997. Crustacean symbionts of the sea anemone Telmatactis cricoides at Madeira and the Canary Islands.-- Journal of Zoology, London 242 (4): 799-811., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05827.x
page(s): 799-809 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., J.C. den Hartog & C. Arneson. (1986). Class Anthozoa (Corals, Anemones). <em>In: Sterrer, W. (ed.). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, USA.</em> pp. 159-194.
page(s): 174, 175 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. <em>Life and Marine Sciences.</em> 19A: 33-54.
page(s): 41-42, 47-48 [details] Available for editors
additional source Wirtz, P. (2009). Ten New Records of Marine Invertebrates from the Azores. Arquipelago, Life and Marine Sciences, 26: 45-49, available online at http://repositorio.uac.pt/handle/10400.3/198
page(s): 45, 46, 47, 48 [details] Available for editors
additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1995). The genus Telmatactis Gravier, 1916 (Actiniaria: Acontiaria: Isophelliidae) in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 69(14): 153-176
page(s): 153-154, 166-173 [details]
additional source Varela, C.; Santana, I.; Ortiz, M.; Lalana, R.; Caballero, H.; Chevalier, P. (2001). Adiciones a la actinofauna (Anthozoa: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia), de Cuba. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 22, 3, 187-190
page(s): 188, 189-190 [details]
additional source Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Loukmidou, S.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A. (1997). Inventaire du cnidome des actiniaires et corallimorphaires de Mediterranee (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bios, 4, 63-114
page(s): 90-91, 109 [details]
additional source Barrios-Suárez, L. M.; Reyes, J. O.; Navas, G. R.; García, C. B. (2002). Distribution of anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) in the area of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean [Distribución de las anémonas (Anthozoa: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia) en el área de Santa Marta, Caribe columbiano]. Ciencias Marinas, 28(1): 37-48, available online at https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v28i1.207
page(s): 41, 43, [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. (2008). Crustaceans associated with Cnidaria, Bivalvia, Echinoidea and Pisces at São Tomé and Príncipe islands. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 25, 63-69
page(s): 64 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P. (1996). The sea anemone Telmatactis cricoides from Madeira and the Canary Islands: size frequency, depth distribution and colour polymorphism. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 14A, 1-5
page(s): 1-5 [details]
additional source Wirtz, P.; d'Udekem-d'Acoz, C. (2001). Decapoda from Antipatharia, Gorgonaria and Bivalvia at the Cape Verde Islands. Helgoländer Marine Research, 55, 112-115, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s101520100073
page(s): 113 [details]
additional source Wittman, K. J. (2008). Two new species of Heteromysini (Mysida, Mysidae) from the island of Madeira (N.E. Atlantic), with notes on sea anemone and hermit crab commensalisms in the genus Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873. Crustaceana, 81(3): 351-374, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854008783564037
page(s): 351, 361, 367, 370 [details] Available for editors
additional source Martín-Arjona, A.; Muñoz-Caballero, A.; Serrano, A.; Díaz-Viñolas, D.; Urra, J. (2024). The thermophilic sea anemone <i>Telmatactis cricoides</i> (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia) in the western Mediterranean: filling gaps in the knowledge of the distribution. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315424000043 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype RMNH Coel. 17704, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH Coel. 18842, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH Coel. 19661, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH Coel. 19676, geounit Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ZMTAU NS 21577, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype (of Telmatactis valle-flori Gravier, 1916) MNHN 2381, geounit Sao Tome and Principe Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ZMTAU Co 29227, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blunt-tentacled anemone | [details] |
