Deep-Sea taxon details
Cerianthula Van Beneden, 1897
151550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151550)
accepted
Genus
Cerianthula mediterranea Van Beneden, 1897 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Cerianthula atlantica Van Beneden, 1924
- Species Cerianthula atlantica Carlgren, 1931 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
- Species Cerianthula braemi Carlgren, 1924
- Species Cerianthula canariensis Carlgren, 1924
- Species Cerianthula carlgreni Calabresi, 1927
- Species Cerianthula mediterranea Van Beneden, 1897
- Species Cerianthula michaelsarsi Carlgren, 1924
- Species Cerianthula spinifer (Van Beneden, 1897)
- Species Cerianthula sennai Calabresi, 1927 accepted as Gymnanthula sennai (Calabresi, 1927) (new combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Van Beneden, E. (1897). Les Anthozoaires de la Plankton-Expedition = Die Anthozoen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, II. K.e.. Lipsius & Tischer: Kiel. 222 + XVIII plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Molodtsova, T. (2026). World List of Ceriantharia. Cerianthula Van Beneden, 1897. 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=151550 on 2026-07-03
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cerianthula Van Beneden, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151550 on 2026-07-03
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Van Beneden, E. (1897). Les Anthozoaires de la Plankton-Expedition = Die Anthozoen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, II. K.e.. Lipsius & Tischer: Kiel. 222 + XVIII plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source den Hartog, J.C. (1977). Descriptions of two new Ceriantharia from the Caribbean region, Pachycerianthus curacaoensis n. sp. and Arachnanthus nocturnus n. sp., with a discussion of the cnidom and of the classification of the Ceriantharia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 51(14), 211-242., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150580
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1964). Larves de Cerianthaires. <em>Discovery reports.</em> 33: 251-307.
page(s): 280-281, 285 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1924). Die larven der Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien der deutschen Tiefsee-expedition mit einen Nachtrag zu den Zoantharien. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 19: 339-476. [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1955). Larve de cérianthaire Sphæranthula straeleni g. nov. sp. nov. <em>Expédition Océanographique Belge dans les Eaux Côtières Africanes de l'Atlantique sud (1948-1949).</em> 3, 4, 3-7.
page(s): 7 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source den Hartog, J.C. (1977). Descriptions of two new Ceriantharia from the Caribbean region, Pachycerianthus curacaoensis n. sp. and Arachnanthus nocturnus n. sp., with a discussion of the cnidom and of the classification of the Ceriantharia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 51(14), 211-242., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150580
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1964). Larves de Cerianthaires. <em>Discovery reports.</em> 33: 251-307.
page(s): 280-281, 285 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1924). Die larven der Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien der deutschen Tiefsee-expedition mit einen Nachtrag zu den Zoantharien. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 19: 339-476. [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1955). Larve de cérianthaire Sphæranthula straeleni g. nov. sp. nov. <em>Expédition Océanographique Belge dans les Eaux Côtières Africanes de l'Atlantique sud (1948-1949).</em> 3, 4, 3-7.
page(s): 7 [details]
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