Deep-Sea name details
Porponia robusta Hertwig, 1882
741432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:741432)
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): 113-115, 116, 118 [details]
page(s): 113-115, 116, 118 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1889.11.25.30, geounit Japanese...
Holotype BMNH 1889.11.25.30, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
RodrÃguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Porponia robusta Hertwig, 1882. 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=741432 on 2026-07-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Porponia robusta Hertwig, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741432 on 2026-07-01
original description
Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 113-115, 116, 118 [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 Dunn, D.F. (1983). Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). <em>Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar039p0001
page(s): 6, 7 [details] Available for editors
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 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, 127-128, 130, 132 [details]
page(s): 113-115, 116, 118 [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 Dunn, D.F. (1983). Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). <em>Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar039p0001
page(s): 6, 7 [details] Available for editors
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 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, 127-128, 130, 132 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1889.11.25.30, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
