WoRMS name details
Epiactis mortenseni Carlgren, 1924
722877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722877)
unaccepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Carlgren, O. (1924). Actiniaria from New Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands [article XXI in Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening (Copenhagen), 77, 179-261
page(s): 216-221 [details]
page(s): 216-221 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Epiactis mortenseni Carlgren, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722877 on 2026-02-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Carlgren, O. (1924). Actiniaria from New Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands [article XXI in Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening (Copenhagen), 77, 179-261
page(s): 216-221 [details]
basis of record 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
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page(s): 216-221 [details]
basis of record 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
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ottaway, J. R. (1979). Population Ecology of the Intertidal Anemone *Actinia tenebrosa.* II. * Geographical Distribution, Synonymy, Reproductive Cycle and Fecundity. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 27(2), 273-290.
page(s): 286 [details]
additional source Ottaway, J. R. (1975). Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875) and E. mortenseni Carlgren, 1924 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) [Note]. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 9(2): 253-255
page(s): 253, 254 [details]
additional source Uchida, T. (1934). A brood-caring actinian subject to a wide range of colour variation. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, 3, 6, (1): 17-31
page(s): 24 [details]
additional source Ottaway, J. R. (1979). Population Ecology of the Intertidal Anemone *Actinia tenebrosa.* II. * Geographical Distribution, Synonymy, Reproductive Cycle and Fecundity. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 27(2), 273-290.
page(s): 286 [details]
additional source Ottaway, J. R. (1975). Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875) and E. mortenseni Carlgren, 1924 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) [Note]. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 9(2): 253-255
page(s): 253, 254 [details]
additional source Uchida, T. (1934). A brood-caring actinian subject to a wide range of colour variation. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, 3, 6, (1): 17-31
page(s): 24 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Syntype SMNH 4045, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype SMNH 4045, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype ZMUC NONE, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype ZMUC NONE, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype ZMUC NONE, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]