Deep-Sea taxon details
Isosicyonis alba (Studer, 1879)
173128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173128)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
(of ) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5.
page(s): 545 [details]
page(s): 545 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Isosicyonis alba (Studer, 1879). 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=173128 on 2026-03-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Isosicyonis alba (Studer, 1879). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173128 on 2026-03-17
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(of ) Studer, T. (1879). Zweite Abtheilung der Anthozoa Polyactinia, welche während der Reise A. M. S. Corvette Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878: 524–550, pls. 1-5.
page(s): 545 [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, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine 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 Lovell, L. L.; Trego, K. D. (2003). The epibenthic megafaunal and benthic infaunal invertebrates of Port Foster, Deception Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. <em>Deep-Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 50(10-11): 1799-1819., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(03)00087-0
page(s): 1812 [details]
additional source Zamponi, M.O., G.N. Genzano, F.H. Acuña, A.C. Excoffon, 1998. Studies of benthic cnidarian populations along a transect off Mar del Plata. Biol. Morya 24 1: 10-15.
page(s): 12, 13 [details]
additional source Zamponi, M.O., G.N. Genzano, F.H. Acuña & A.C. Excoffon, 1998. Studies of benthic cnidarian taxocenes along a transet off Mar del Plata (Argentina). Russian Journal of Marine Biology 24 1: 7-13.
page(s): 9, 10 [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): 52-55 [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): 94, 120 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P.J. (2008). The gastropod-symbiotic sea anemone genus Isosicyonis Carlgren, 1927 (Actiniaria: Actiniidae): a new species from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) that clarifies the taxonomic position of the genus. Scientia Marina, 72(1), 73-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n173
page(s): 73-74, 76-80, 83-85 [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): 57 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1980). Actiniaria des Südwestatlantik V. Bolocera, Isotealia, Isosicyonis (Actiniidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 77, 19-33
page(s): 24-29 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Gastropods carrying actinians. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 11-20
page(s): 13, 15, 16 [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, 9-14 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1973). Actiniaria des Südwestatlantik I. Hormathiidae. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 25, 273-325, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01611200
page(s): 318 [details]
additional source Genzano, G. N.; Acuña, F. H.; Excoffon, A. C.; Perez, C. D. (1996). Cnidarios bentónicos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Lista sistemática, distribución y estrategias de colonización. Jornadas Pampeanas de Ciencias Naturales, 6, 113-121
page(s): 119, 121 [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): 1881, 1890 [details]
additional source Luzzatto, D.; Pastorino, G. (2006). Adelomelon brasiliana and Antholoba achates: a phoretic association between a volutid gastropod and a sea anemone in Argentine waters. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78, 2, 281-286
page(s): 281 [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 Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 694 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 545 [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, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine 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 Lovell, L. L.; Trego, K. D. (2003). The epibenthic megafaunal and benthic infaunal invertebrates of Port Foster, Deception Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. <em>Deep-Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 50(10-11): 1799-1819., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(03)00087-0
page(s): 1812 [details]
additional source Zamponi, M.O., G.N. Genzano, F.H. Acuña, A.C. Excoffon, 1998. Studies of benthic cnidarian populations along a transect off Mar del Plata. Biol. Morya 24 1: 10-15.
page(s): 12, 13 [details]
additional source Zamponi, M.O., G.N. Genzano, F.H. Acuña & A.C. Excoffon, 1998. Studies of benthic cnidarian taxocenes along a transet off Mar del Plata (Argentina). Russian Journal of Marine Biology 24 1: 7-13.
page(s): 9, 10 [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): 52-55 [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): 94, 120 [details]
additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P.J. (2008). The gastropod-symbiotic sea anemone genus Isosicyonis Carlgren, 1927 (Actiniaria: Actiniidae): a new species from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) that clarifies the taxonomic position of the genus. Scientia Marina, 72(1), 73-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n173
page(s): 73-74, 76-80, 83-85 [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): 57 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1980). Actiniaria des Südwestatlantik V. Bolocera, Isotealia, Isosicyonis (Actiniidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 77, 19-33
page(s): 24-29 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Gastropods carrying actinians. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 11-20
page(s): 13, 15, 16 [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, 9-14 [details]
additional source Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1973). Actiniaria des Südwestatlantik I. Hormathiidae. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 25, 273-325, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01611200
page(s): 318 [details]
additional source Genzano, G. N.; Acuña, F. H.; Excoffon, A. C.; Perez, C. D. (1996). Cnidarios bentónicos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Lista sistemática, distribución y estrategias de colonización. Jornadas Pampeanas de Ciencias Naturales, 6, 113-121
page(s): 119, 121 [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): 1881, 1890 [details]
additional source Luzzatto, D.; Pastorino, G. (2006). Adelomelon brasiliana and Antholoba achates: a phoretic association between a volutid gastropod and a sea anemone in Argentine waters. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78, 2, 281-286
page(s): 281 [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 Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 694 [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 30523, geounit Antarctica [details]
Nontype CAS 30524, geounit Antarctica [details]
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Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to upper slope [details]
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isosicyonis alba)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (60983 [COE] Isosicyonis alba, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (60983 [COE] Isosicyonis alba, lateral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (113 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Isosicyonis alba)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (60983 [COE] Isosicyonis alba, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (60983 [COE] Isosicyonis alba, lateral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (113 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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