World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893

AphiaID

854224 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:854224)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Enthemonae

Synonymised names

Acontiaria Stephenson, 1935 · unaccepted

Metridioidea Rodríguez & Daly in Rodríguez et al., 2014 · unaccepted (duplicate, author incorrect)

Direct children (5)

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Rodríguez, E.; Barbeitos, M. S.; Brugler, M. R.; Crowley, L. M.; Grajales, A.; Gusmão, L.; Häussermann, V.; Reft, A.; Daly, M. (2014). Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals. PLoS ONE. 9(5): e96998., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096998 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

WRiMS (2026). Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=854224 on 2026-06-22

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Metridioidea Carlgren, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=854224 on 2026-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-08 06:32:43Z

created

Fautin, Daphne

2016-10-22 18:09:45Z

changed

Daly, Meg

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original description Rodríguez, E.; Barbeitos, M. S.; Brugler, M. R.; Crowley, L. M.; Grajales, A.; Gusmão, L.; Häussermann, V.; Reft, A.; Daly, M. (2014). Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals. PLoS ONE. 9(5): e96998., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096998 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Acontiaria Stephenson, 1935) Stephenson, T. A. (1935). The British Sea Anemones. Volume II. The Ray Society. London. pp. 426.
page(s): 181-184 [details]

basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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