WoRMS taxon details
Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875)
283437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283437)
accepted
Species
Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, 1875 · unaccepted (original binomen)
Actinia thomsoni · unaccepted
Epiactis novo-zealandica · unaccepted
Epiactis thomsoni · unaccepted
Leiotealia thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875) · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
(of Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, 1875) Coughtrey M. (1875). Notes on the New Zealand Hydroideae. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 7: 281-293, pl. 20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34176929
page(s): 280 [details]
page(s): 280 [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283437 on 2025-12-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, 1875) Coughtrey M. (1875). Notes on the New Zealand Hydroideae. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 7: 281-293, pl. 20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34176929
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Epiactis novo-zealandica) Stephenson, T. A. (1918). Coelenterata. Part I. - Actiniaria. <em>Natural History Reports on British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition 1910 Vol. 5(1).</em>
page(s): 24-27 [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 280 [details]
original description (of Epiactis novo-zealandica) Stephenson, T. A. (1918). Coelenterata. Part I. - Actiniaria. <em>Natural History Reports on British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition 1910 Vol. 5(1).</em>
page(s): 24-27 [details]
basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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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additional source Dunn, D.F. (1983). Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). <em>Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67.</em>
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Parry, G. (1951). The Actiniaria of New Zealand. A check-list of recorded and new species a review of the literature and a key to the commoner forms Part I. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 6(1): 83-119
page(s): 88, 90, 111-112 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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): 221-224 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
page(s): 274 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source 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
[request]additional source Dunn, D.F. (1983). Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). <em>Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67.</em>
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Parry, G. (1951). The Actiniaria of New Zealand. A check-list of recorded and new species a review of the literature and a key to the commoner forms Part I. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 6(1): 83-119
page(s): 88, 90, 111-112 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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): 221-224 [details]
additional source Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
page(s): 274 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 38 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epiactis thompsoni)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, 1875)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, 1875)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Epiactis thompsoni)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, 1875)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To ITIS
