Deep-Sea taxon details
Oceanactis rhodactylus Moseley, 1877
290510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290510)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Moseley H.N. 1877. On new forms of Actiniaria dredged in the deep sea; with a description of certain pelagic surface-swimming species.Transactions of the Linnean Society (London) Ser. 2. 1(5):295-305, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00444.x
page(s): 296-297, Plate XLV Fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 296-297, Plate XLV Fig. 4 [details]
Note Type species of *Oceanactis* by monotypy.
Type species Type species of *Oceanactis* by monotypy. [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Oceanactis rhodactylus Moseley, 1877. 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=290510 on 2026-08-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Oceanactis rhodactylus Moseley, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290510 on 2026-08-20
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Moseley H.N. 1877. On new forms of Actiniaria dredged in the deep sea; with a description of certain pelagic surface-swimming species.Transactions of the Linnean Society (London) Ser. 2. 1(5):295-305, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1877.tb00444.x
page(s): 296-297, Plate XLV Fig. 4 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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 Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 217 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gravier, C. (1922). Hexactinidés provenant des campagnes des yachts Hirondelle I et II et Princesse-Alice I et II (1888-1913). Imprimerie de Monaco. Monaco., volume 63, pp. 104
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Sanamyan, N. P. (2003). New record of Oceanactis diomedeae (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Oractiidae) and systematic position of the genera Oceanactis and Oractis. Species Diversity, 8, 93-101, available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.8.93
page(s): 96, 99, 100 [details]
page(s): 296-297, Plate XLV Fig. 4 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record 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 Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 217 [details] Available for editors
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gravier, C. (1922). Hexactinidés provenant des campagnes des yachts Hirondelle I et II et Princesse-Alice I et II (1888-1913). Imprimerie de Monaco. Monaco., volume 63, pp. 104
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Sanamyan, N. P. (2003). New record of Oceanactis diomedeae (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Oractiidae) and systematic position of the genera Oceanactis and Oractis. Species Diversity, 8, 93-101, available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.8.93
page(s): 96, 99, 100 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of *Oceanactis* by monotypy. [details]
