Deep-Sea taxon details
Actinoscyphia plebeia (McMurrich, 1893)
172918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172918)
accepted
Species
Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893 · unaccepted (original binomen)
marine, terrestrial
(of Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893) McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.16-930.119
page(s): 165, 166-167 [details]
page(s): 165, 166-167 [details]
Holotype (of Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893) USNM...
Holotype (of Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893) USNM 17789, geounit Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actinoscyphia plebeia (McMurrich, 1893). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172918 on 2026-08-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Actinoscyphia plebeia (McMurrich, 1893). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172918 on 2026-08-06
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(of Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893) McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.16-930.119
page(s): 165, 166-167 [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 (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Eash-Loucks, W. E.; Fautin, D. G. (2012). Taxonomy and distribution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia) from deep water of the northeastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3375: 1 – 80., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3375.1.1
page(s): 17-18, 19, 21 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E. (2011). Another bipolar deep-sea anemone: new species of Iosactis (Actiniaria, Endomyaria) from Antarctica. <em>Helgoland Marine Research.</em> 66(2): 211-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-011-0263-2
page(s): 215 [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): 84 [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): 541 [details]
additional source Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.279151
page(s): 187-188 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1984). More Antarctic and Subantarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria). Antarctic Research Series, 41, 1-42
page(s): 1, 19, 37-40 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. (2007). Biogeography of Antarctic sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): what do they tell us about the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna?. Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 1876-1904, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.013
page(s): 1879, 1890, 1899 [details]
additional source Daly, M.; Chaudhuri, A.; Gusmão, L.; Rodríguez, E. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48, 292-301, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.02.022
page(s): 295 [details]
additional source Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2005). Distribution patterns of Chilean shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinaria, Corallimorpharia), with a discussion of the taxonomic and zoogeographic relationships between the actinofauna of ths South East Pacific, the South West Atlantic, and the Antarctic. Scientia Marina, 69 (Suppl. 2), 91-102, available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s291
page(s): 95, 96 [details]
additional source Daly, M.; Gusmão, L.; Reft, A. J.; Rodríguez, E. (2010). Phylogenetic signal in mitochondrial and nuclear markers in sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3): 371-388, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icq081
page(s): 373 [details]
additional source Griffiths, C. L.; Laird, M. C. (2016). Additions to the South African sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) fauna, with expanded distributional ranges for known species. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 57(1): 15-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.57.8459 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 165, 166-167 [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 (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Eash-Loucks, W. E.; Fautin, D. G. (2012). Taxonomy and distribution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia) from deep water of the northeastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3375: 1 – 80., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3375.1.1
page(s): 17-18, 19, 21 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E. (2011). Another bipolar deep-sea anemone: new species of Iosactis (Actiniaria, Endomyaria) from Antarctica. <em>Helgoland Marine Research.</em> 66(2): 211-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-011-0263-2
page(s): 215 [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): 84 [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): 541 [details]
additional source Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.279151
page(s): 187-188 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G. (1984). More Antarctic and Subantarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria). Antarctic Research Series, 41, 1-42
page(s): 1, 19, 37-40 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. (2007). Biogeography of Antarctic sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): what do they tell us about the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna?. Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 1876-1904, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.013
page(s): 1879, 1890, 1899 [details]
additional source Daly, M.; Chaudhuri, A.; Gusmão, L.; Rodríguez, E. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48, 292-301, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.02.022
page(s): 295 [details]
additional source Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2005). Distribution patterns of Chilean shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinaria, Corallimorpharia), with a discussion of the taxonomic and zoogeographic relationships between the actinofauna of ths South East Pacific, the South West Atlantic, and the Antarctic. Scientia Marina, 69 (Suppl. 2), 91-102, available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s291
page(s): 95, 96 [details]
additional source Daly, M.; Gusmão, L.; Reft, A. J.; Rodríguez, E. (2010). Phylogenetic signal in mitochondrial and nuclear markers in sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3): 371-388, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icq081
page(s): 373 [details]
additional source Griffiths, C. L.; Laird, M. C. (2016). Additions to the South African sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) fauna, with expanded distributional ranges for known species. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 57(1): 15-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.57.8459 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893) USNM 17789, geounit Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype CAS 28763, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype CAS 28764, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype CAS 28765, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Nontype CAS 29627, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Nontype CAS 29628, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Nontype CAS 29629, geounit Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 60674, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Nontype USNM 60675, geounit Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 60676, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Nontype USNM 60677, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 60695, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Actinoscyphia plebeia)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Actinoscyphia plebia, USNM 60695, lateral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (9 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 17789) (from synonym Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Actinoscyphia plebeia)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Actinoscyphia plebia, USNM 60695, lateral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (9 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 17789) (from synonym Actinernus plebeius McMurrich, 1893)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
