MSBIAS taxon details
Actinia Linnaeus, 1767
100694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100694)
accepted
Genus
- Species Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Actinia fragacea Tugwell, 1856
- Species Actinia prasina Gosse, 1860
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Actinia Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100694 on 2026-07-07
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Actinia Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100694 on 2026-07-07
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Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (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 Wirtz, P. (2009). Ten New Records of Marine Invertebrates from the Azores. Arquipelago, Life and Marine Sciences, 26: 45-49, available online at http://repositorio.uac.pt/handle/10400.3/198
page(s): 46, 47 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jourdan, E. (1895). Zoanthaires provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Açores, Terre-Neuve). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco.</em> 8(1): 1-36.
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Sebens, K. P.; Paine, R. T. (1978). Biogeography of anthozoans along the west coast of South America: habitat, disturbance, and prey availability. N. Z. D. S. I. R. Auckland, New Zealand., volume 1, pp. 219-237
page(s): 5, 9, 10 [details]
additional source Mark, E. L. (1884). Selections from embryological monographs. III. Polyps. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 9(3): 5-52
page(s): 39-40 [details]
additional source Oigman-Pszczol, S. S.; Figueiredo, M. A. de O.; Creed, J. C. (2004). Distribution of benthic communities on the tropical rocky subtidal of Armação dos Búzios, southeastern Brazil. Marine Ecology, 25(3): 173-190, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2004.00018.x
page(s): 177 [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (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 Wirtz, P. (2009). Ten New Records of Marine Invertebrates from the Azores. Arquipelago, Life and Marine Sciences, 26: 45-49, available online at http://repositorio.uac.pt/handle/10400.3/198
page(s): 46, 47 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jourdan, E. (1895). Zoanthaires provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (Golfe de Gascogne, Açores, Terre-Neuve). <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco.</em> 8(1): 1-36.
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Sebens, K. P.; Paine, R. T. (1978). Biogeography of anthozoans along the west coast of South America: habitat, disturbance, and prey availability. N. Z. D. S. I. R. Auckland, New Zealand., volume 1, pp. 219-237
page(s): 5, 9, 10 [details]
additional source Mark, E. L. (1884). Selections from embryological monographs. III. Polyps. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 9(3): 5-52
page(s): 39-40 [details]
additional source Oigman-Pszczol, S. S.; Figueiredo, M. A. de O.; Creed, J. C. (2004). Distribution of benthic communities on the tropical rocky subtidal of Armação dos Búzios, southeastern Brazil. Marine Ecology, 25(3): 173-190, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2004.00018.x
page(s): 177 [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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