WoRMS taxon details
Actinia obtruncata Stimpson, 1853
AphiaID: 158207
AphiaID: 158207
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Actiniaria (Order) > Nyantheae (Suborder) > Thenaria (Infraorder) > Endomyaria (Superfamily) > Actiniidae (Family) > Actinia (Genus) |
| Status | species inquirenda (name unavailable "species delendae" according to Andres, 1883) | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fautin, Daphne G. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details] basis of record: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Sebens, K.P. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States. Anthozoa, Actinaria, Corallimorparia, Ceriantharia, and Zoanthidea. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 141. 68 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: J.C. den Hartog & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Link | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that crawl or swim into their grasp. [details] Distribution: Cape Hatteras to Bay of Fundy [details] Habitat: sandy, muddy, or rocky habitats; also may attached themselves to hard parts or products of other organisms (shells) [details] Reproduction: reproduce asexually through longitudinal fission and sexually (protandric hermaphrodites) [details] Type: type specimen from Bay of Fundy [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158207 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Fautin, D. (2013). Actinia obtruncata Stimpson, 1853. 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=158207 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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