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Actinia ornata Holdsworth, 1855

855066  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:855066)

accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Holdsworth, E. W. H. (1855). Description of two new species of Actinia, from the south coast of Devon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 23, 235-237
page(s): 236-237 [details]   

Wright, T. S. (1856). On two new Actinias from Arran. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 1, 70-72
page(s): 70-72 [details]   
Taxonomy Wright (1856) and Holdsworth (1855) named species "Actinia ornata." These homonyms were each subsequently interpreted to...  
Taxonomy Wright (1856) and Holdsworth (1855) named species "Actinia ornata." These homonyms were each subsequently interpreted to be junior synonyms of other taxa: Sagartia elegans (Dalyell 1848) in the case of Actinia ornata Wright, 1856 and Sagartia troglodytes (Price in Johnston, 1847) in the case of Actinia ornata Holdsworth, 1855. Shaw et al. (1987) found genetic distinction between populations of Sagartia troglodytes and resurrected the epithet "ornata" for the genetic lineage they distinguished. Because Holdsworth is the author for the older use of the epithet, this is valid.Wright's epithet is a junior objective homonym of Holdsworth's name and junior subjective synonym of S. elegans [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2024). World List of Actiniaria. Actinia ornata Holdsworth, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=855066 on 2024-03-28
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original description Holdsworth, E. W. H. (1855). Description of two new species of Actinia, from the south coast of Devon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 23, 235-237
page(s): 236-237 [details]   

original description Wright, T. S. (1856). On two new Actinias from Arran. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 1, 70-72
page(s): 70-72 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

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

additional source Gosse, P.H., 1860. Actinologia Britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals. London: Van Voorst : pp. i-xl, 1-362.
page(s): 46-47 [details]   

additional source Wright, T. S. (1856). On two new Actinias. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 4, 92-94
page(s): 92-93 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomy Wright (1856) and Holdsworth (1855) named species "Actinia ornata." These homonyms were each subsequently interpreted to be junior synonyms of other taxa: Sagartia elegans (Dalyell 1848) in the case of Actinia ornata Wright, 1856 and Sagartia troglodytes (Price in Johnston, 1847) in the case of Actinia ornata Holdsworth, 1855. Shaw et al. (1987) found genetic distinction between populations of Sagartia troglodytes and resurrected the epithet "ornata" for the genetic lineage they distinguished. Because Holdsworth is the author for the older use of the epithet, this is valid.Wright's epithet is a junior objective homonym of Holdsworth's name and junior subjective synonym of S. elegans [details]