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Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 100803

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nyantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Endomyaria (Superfamily) > Actiniidae (Family) > Actinia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Actinia Linnaeus, 1767
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Fautin, Daphne G. 2008. Hexacorallians of the World. , available online at http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch gemeene zeeanemoon  [details]
Dutch gewone zeeanemoon  [details]
Dutch paardeanemoon  [details]
Dutch rode paardenanemoon  [details]
English beadlet anemone  [details]
French actinie rouge  [details]
German Pferdeaktinie  [details]
Direct child
taxa
 Subspecies Actinia equina mediterranea Schmidt, 1971 (nomen dubium, status unknown)
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
East North Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Mozambique [details]
Oostende [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
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Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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2004-12-21 15:54:05 GMT  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100803 on 2010-02-09
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