Deep-Sea taxon details
Thoracactis Gravier, 1918
267908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267908)
accepted
Genus
Thoracactis topsenti Gravier, 1918 (type by monotypy)
Thoracactus Gravier, 1918 · unaccepted (Typing mistake in Walsh, 1967)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gravier, Charles. (1918). Note sur une actinie (<i>Thoracactis</i> n. g., <i>Topsenti</i> n. sp.) et un annélide polychète (<i>Hermadion Fauveli</i> n. sp.), commensaux d'une éponge siliceuse (<i>Sarostegia oculata</i> Topsent). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 344: 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2161066
page(s): 1-20 [details]
page(s): 1-20 [details]
Reimer, J.D.; Sinniger, F. (2025). World List of Zoantharia. Thoracactis Gravier, 1918. 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=267908 on 2026-08-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Thoracactis Gravier, 1918. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267908 on 2026-08-20
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Gravier, Charles. (1918). Note sur une actinie (<i>Thoracactis</i> n. g., <i>Topsenti</i> n. sp.) et un annélide polychète (<i>Hermadion Fauveli</i> n. sp.), commensaux d'une éponge siliceuse (<i>Sarostegia oculata</i> Topsent). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 344: 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2161066
page(s): 1-20 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1995). Colonial anemones - Zoanthiniaria. A review for the seriously interested marine aquarist. Aquarium Frontiers, Spring 1995, 10-13
page(s): 10, 11 [details]
additional source Herberts, C. (1972). Etude systématique de quelques zoanthaires tempérés et tropicaux. <em>Tethys.</em> Supplement 3, pp. 69-156.
page(s): 72, 80 [details] Available for editors
additional source Herberts, C. (1987). Ordre des Zoanthaires. Masson. Paris., pp. 783-810
page(s): 792, 801, 805 [details]
additional source Ryland, J. S. (1997). Reproduction in Zoanthidea (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 31(1-3): 177-188, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1997.9672575
page(s): 178, 180 [details]
additional source Walsh, G. E. (1967). An Annotated Bibliography of the Families Zoanthidae, Epizoanthidae, and Parazoanthidae (Coelenterata, Zoantharia). Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Honolulu., pp. 77.
page(s): 2, 49 [details]
page(s): 1-20 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1995). Colonial anemones - Zoanthiniaria. A review for the seriously interested marine aquarist. Aquarium Frontiers, Spring 1995, 10-13
page(s): 10, 11 [details]
additional source Herberts, C. (1972). Etude systématique de quelques zoanthaires tempérés et tropicaux. <em>Tethys.</em> Supplement 3, pp. 69-156.
page(s): 72, 80 [details] Available for editors
additional source Herberts, C. (1987). Ordre des Zoanthaires. Masson. Paris., pp. 783-810
page(s): 792, 801, 805 [details]
additional source Ryland, J. S. (1997). Reproduction in Zoanthidea (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 31(1-3): 177-188, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.1997.9672575
page(s): 178, 180 [details]
additional source Walsh, G. E. (1967). An Annotated Bibliography of the Families Zoanthidae, Epizoanthidae, and Parazoanthidae (Coelenterata, Zoantharia). Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Honolulu., pp. 77.
page(s): 2, 49 [details]
