Deep-Sea taxon details
Sicyonis erythrocephala (Pax, 1922)
172945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172945)
accepted
Species
Sicyonis aurora Carlgren & Stephenson, 1929 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Pax, F. (1922). Diagnosen neuer Actiniarien aus der Ausbeute der Deutschen (1901-1903) und der Französischen (1908-1910) Südpolar-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 54(3-4): 75-93
page(s): 82-83 [details]
page(s): 82-83 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Sicyonis erythrocephala (Pax, 1922). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172945 on 2026-08-12
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sicyonis erythrocephala (Pax, 1922). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172945 on 2026-08-12
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(of ) Pax, F. (1922). Diagnosen neuer Actiniarien aus der Ausbeute der Deutschen (1901-1903) und der Französischen (1908-1910) Südpolar-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 54(3-4): 75-93
page(s): 82-83 [details]
original description (of Sicyonis aurora Carlgren & Stephenson, 1929) Carlgren, O.; Stephenson, T. A. (1929). Actiniaria. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer. Sydney., volume 9 Part 2, pp. 5-34
page(s): 19-21 [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 Carlgren, O. (1927). Actiniaria and Zoantharia. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 2(3):1-102, figs. 1-61. (Copepoda: 60-61).
page(s): 57-58 [details]
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 Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1986). Zur Biogeographie des Südwestat- lantik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Seeanemonen. (Coelenterata: Actiniaria). Helgol. wiss. Meeres., 40: 91-149, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01987291
page(s): 115, 121-132 [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): 31 [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): 81 [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, 14, 25-29 [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): 1882, 1890 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1928). Actiniaria der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 22(4): 125-266 [reprint 1-144]
page(s): 261 [139] [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 82-83 [details]
original description (of Sicyonis aurora Carlgren & Stephenson, 1929) Carlgren, O.; Stephenson, T. A. (1929). Actiniaria. Alfred James Kent, Government Printer. Sydney., volume 9 Part 2, pp. 5-34
page(s): 19-21 [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 Carlgren, O. (1927). Actiniaria and Zoantharia. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 2(3):1-102, figs. 1-61. (Copepoda: 60-61).
page(s): 57-58 [details]
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 Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1986). Zur Biogeographie des Südwestat- lantik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Seeanemonen. (Coelenterata: Actiniaria). Helgol. wiss. Meeres., 40: 91-149, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01987291
page(s): 115, 121-132 [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): 31 [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): 81 [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, 14, 25-29 [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): 1882, 1890 [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1928). Actiniaria der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899, 22(4): 125-266 [reprint 1-144]
page(s): 261 [139] [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype CAS 29433, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype CAS 29434, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype CAS 29435, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Nontype CAS 29436, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype CAS 29437, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype CAS 29438, geounit Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina [details]
Nontype CAS 30953, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 60784, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype USNM 60785, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype USNM 60786, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype USNM 60787, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype USNM 60788, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype USNM 60789, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype USNM 60790, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 60791, geounit High Seas [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (60784 [COE] Sicyonis erythrocephala, lateral)
To NMNH Extant Collection (60784 [COE] Sicyonis erythrocephala, ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (77 records)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (60784 [COE] Sicyonis erythrocephala, lateral)
To NMNH Extant Collection (60784 [COE] Sicyonis erythrocephala, ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (77 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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