Deep-Sea name details
Porponia elongata Hertwig, 1882
741431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:741431)
unaccepted (original binomen)
Species
Porponia Hertwig, 1882 accepted as Actinernus Verrill, 1879
marine, terrestrial
Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 111-113, 116 [details]
page(s): 111-113, 116 [details]
Note Type species of *Porponia* by monotypy.
Type species Type species of *Porponia* by monotypy. [details]
RodrÃguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Porponia elongata Hertwig, 1882. 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=741431 on 2026-08-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Porponia elongata Hertwig, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741431 on 2026-08-25
original description
Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 111-113, 116 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1914). On the genus Porponia and related genera, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 50, 1, (4): 49-71, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800017270
page(s): 69 [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): 224 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 6(1): 1-136, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11377
page(s): 30, 125-127, 130 [details]
page(s): 111-113, 116 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Carlgren, O. (1914). On the genus Porponia and related genera, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 50, 1, (4): 49-71, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800017270
page(s): 69 [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): 224 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 6(1): 1-136, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11377
page(s): 30, 125-127, 130 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1889.11.25.29, geounit High Seas [details]
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of *Porponia* by monotypy. [details]
