WoRMS taxon details
Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 100803
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 |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] 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. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| All child taxa [hide all] | Subspecies Actinia equina mediterranea Schmidt, 1971 (nomen dubium, status unknown) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East North Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Indian Ocean [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Kerkennah Islands [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa [details] South Africa (country) [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wadden Sea [details] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Doridicola actiniae (Della Valle, 1880) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Paranthessius anemoniae Claus, 1889 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lichomolgus actiniae Della Valle, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Gastroecus arcticus Hansen, 1886 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Parastaurosoma kamchaticum Avdeev & Avdeev, 1975 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (305 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 56 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100803 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Actinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Fautin, Daphne G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100803 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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