WoRMS taxon details
Hormathia alba (Andres, 1881)
100949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100949)
accepted
Species
Paracalliactis mediterranea Ross & Zamponi, 1982 · unaccepted
Phellia nummus Andres, 1881 · unaccepted
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2026). World List of Actiniaria. Hormathia alba (Andres, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100949 on 2026-10-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Phellia nummus Andres, 1881) Andres, A. (1881). Prodromus neapolitanae actiniarum faunae addito generalis actiniarum bibliographiae catalogo. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, 2(3): 305-371
page(s): 308, 326, 341 [details]
original description (of Paracalliactis mediterranea Ross & Zamponi, 1982) Ross, D. M.; Zamponi, M. O. (1982). A symbiosis between Paracalliactis mediterranea n. sp. (Anthozoa-Actiniaria) and Pagarus variabilis A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier. Vie et Milieu, 32(3): 175-181
page(s): 176-180 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 308, 326, 341 [details]
original description (of Paracalliactis mediterranea Ross & Zamponi, 1982) Ross, D. M.; Zamponi, M. O. (1982). A symbiosis between Paracalliactis mediterranea n. sp. (Anthozoa-Actiniaria) and Pagarus variabilis A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier. Vie et Milieu, 32(3): 175-181
page(s): 176-180 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1998). Observations on the symbiosis between Colus gracilis (Da Costa, 1778) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and Hormathia digitata (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323, 257-262
page(s): 260 [details]
additional source Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Loukmidou, S.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A. (1997). Inventaire du cnidome des actiniaires et corallimorphaires de Mediterranee (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bios, 4, 63-114
page(s): 95 [details]
additional source Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. <em>Life and Marine Sciences.</em> 19A: 33-54.
page(s): 39-40, 48 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Patzner, R. A. (2004). Associations with sea anemones in the Mediterranean Sea: a review. Ophelia, 58(1): 1-11, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.2004.10410208
page(s): 4, 6 [details]
additional source Tur, J. M. (1993). Redescription and biological aspects of Hormathia alba (Andres, 1881), a luminescent sea anemone (Anthozoa, Actiniaria). Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 47, 213-219, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02430359
page(s): 214-218 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1998). Observations on the symbiosis between Colus gracilis (Da Costa, 1778) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and Hormathia digitata (O.F. Müller, 1776) (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323, 257-262
page(s): 260 [details]
additional source Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70
page(s): 67 [details]
additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Loukmidou, S.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A. (1997). Inventaire du cnidome des actiniaires et corallimorphaires de Mediterranee (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bios, 4, 63-114
page(s): 95 [details]
additional source Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. <em>Life and Marine Sciences.</em> 19A: 33-54.
page(s): 39-40, 48 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Patzner, R. A. (2004). Associations with sea anemones in the Mediterranean Sea: a review. Ophelia, 58(1): 1-11, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.2004.10410208
page(s): 4, 6 [details]
additional source Tur, J. M. (1993). Redescription and biological aspects of Hormathia alba (Andres, 1881), a luminescent sea anemone (Anthozoa, Actiniaria). Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 47, 213-219, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02430359
page(s): 214-218 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to slope [details]
