Deep-Sea taxon details
Edwardsia meridionalis Williams, 1981
173132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173132)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Williams, R. B. (1981). A sea anemone, Edwardsia meridionalis sp. nov., from Antarctica and a preliminary revision of the genus Edwardsia De Quatrefages, 1841 (Coelenterata: Actiniaria). Records of the Australian Museum (Sydney), 33(6): 325-360, available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.33.1981.271
page(s): 325-326, 329-339, 342-345, 347 [details]
page(s): 325-326, 329-339, 342-345, 347 [details]
Holotype AM G.15050, geounit Antarctica
Holotype AM G.15050, geounit Antarctica [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Edwardsia meridionalis Williams, 1981. 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=173132 on 2026-08-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Edwardsia meridionalis Williams, 1981. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173132 on 2026-08-15
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Williams, R. B. (1981). A sea anemone, Edwardsia meridionalis sp. nov., from Antarctica and a preliminary revision of the genus Edwardsia De Quatrefages, 1841 (Coelenterata: Actiniaria). Records of the Australian Museum (Sydney), 33(6): 325-360, available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.33.1981.271
page(s): 325-326, 329-339, 342-345, 347 [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 Ansell A.D. & Peck L.S. (2000). Burrowing in the Antarctic anemone, Halcampoides sp., from Signy Island, Antarctica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology., 252, 1, 45-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(00)00232-x
page(s): 46, 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 Williams, R. B. (2003). Locomotory behaviour and functional morphology of Nematostella vectensis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae): a contribution to a comparative study of burrowing behaviour in athenarian sea anemones. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 437-484
page(s): 476, 478, 480, Table 13-14 [details]
additional source Daly, M. (2002). A systematic revision of Edwardsiidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Invertebrate Biology, 121(3): 212-225, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00061.x
page(s): 214-216, 218, 221, 223 [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): 1880, 1889 [details]
additional source Reitzel, A. M.; Burton, P. M.; Krone, C.; Finnerty, J. R. (2007). Comparison of developmental trajectories in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: embryogenesis, regeneration, and two forms of asexual fission. Invertebrate Biology, 126(2): 99-112, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00081.x
page(s): 109 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 325-326, 329-339, 342-345, 347 [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 Ansell A.D. & Peck L.S. (2000). Burrowing in the Antarctic anemone, Halcampoides sp., from Signy Island, Antarctica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology., 252, 1, 45-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(00)00232-x
page(s): 46, 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 Williams, R. B. (2003). Locomotory behaviour and functional morphology of Nematostella vectensis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae): a contribution to a comparative study of burrowing behaviour in athenarian sea anemones. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 437-484
page(s): 476, 478, 480, Table 13-14 [details]
additional source Daly, M. (2002). A systematic revision of Edwardsiidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Invertebrate Biology, 121(3): 212-225, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2002.tb00061.x
page(s): 214-216, 218, 221, 223 [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): 1880, 1889 [details]
additional source Reitzel, A. M.; Burton, P. M.; Krone, C.; Finnerty, J. R. (2007). Comparison of developmental trajectories in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis: embryogenesis, regeneration, and two forms of asexual fission. Invertebrate Biology, 126(2): 99-112, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00081.x
page(s): 109 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
