UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Stichodactyla gigantea (Forssk�l, 1775)

(of Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 100-101 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Stichodactyla gigantea (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291133 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

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2009-09-15 08:51:01Z

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Fautin, Daphne

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Nomenclature

original description (of Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 100-101 [details]

original description (of Actinia amethystina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1833). Zoologie IV: Zoophytes. In:Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064339
page(s): 142-143 [details]

original description (of Polyparium ambulans Korotneff, 1886) Korotneff (1886). Polyparium ambulans. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 9(223): 320-323
page(s): 320-323 [details]

original description (of Discosoma kenti Haddon & Shackleton, 1893) Haddon, A. C.; Shackleton, A. M. (1893). Description of some new species of Actiniaria from Torres Straits. Scient. Proceed. R. Dub. Soc. (N.S.). 8(1): 116-131. [details]

original description (of Stoichactis intermedia Lager, 1911) Lager, E. (1911). Actiniaria. Gustav Fischer. Jena., volume 3 (8), pp. 215-249
page(s): 238-240 [details]

original description (of Actinia parvitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1833). Zoologie IV: Zoophytes. In:Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064339
page(s): 165 [details]

original description (of Actinia Gigas Bruguière, 1798) Bruguière J.G. (1791-1797). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Part 7 [Livraison 46, 30 July 1791]: Tome 1, pp. [i]-viii, 1-83, pl. 1-95, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 10 [Livraison 49, May 1792]: Tome 1, pp. 85-132; Tome 2, pl. 96-189, Paris: Panckoucke. Part 19 [Livraison 62, 8 July 1797], pl. 190-286, Paris: H. Agasse. [dates and publishers after Evenhuis & Petit 2003]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64072 [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 England, K. W. (1987). Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 53(4): 205-292
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additional source Dunn, D. F. (1981). The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 71, 1, 1-115
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additional source Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
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additional source Fautin, D. G. (1985). Competition by anemone fishes for host actinians. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 5, 373-377
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additional source Fautin, D. G. (1986). Why do anemonefishes inhabit only some host actinians?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 15(3): 171-180
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additional source Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
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additional source Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Le Renard, J.; Foubert, A.; Kolyva-Machaira, P. (1996). Classification of cnidarian nematocysts using multivariate and digital image analysis. Bios, 4, 123-135
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additional source Mitchell, J. S. (2003). Mobility of Stichodactyla gigantea sea anemones and implications for resident false clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 66, 85-90
page(s): 85-89 [details]

additional source Honma, T.; Nagai, H.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2003). Molecular cloning of an epidermal growth factor-like toxin and two sodium channel toxins from the sea anemone Stichodactyla gigantea. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1652, 103-106
page(s): 103, 106 [details]

additional source Astalhov, D. A. (2002). Species composition of anemonefishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in the Khanhhoa Province (South Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology, 42(1): 37-50
page(s): 38, 48 [details]

additional source Hattori, A. (2006). Vertical and horizontal distribution patterns of the giant sea anemone Heteractis crispa with symbiotic anemonefish on a fringing coral reef. Journal of Ethology, 24(1): 51-57
page(s): 52 [details]

additional source Honma, T.; Hasegawa, Y.; Ishida, M.; Nagai, H.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2004). Isolation and molecular cloning of novel peptide toxins from the sea anemone Antheopsis maculata. Toxicon, 45, 33-41
page(s): 34, 40 [details]

additional source Mitchell, J. S.; Dill, L. M. (2005). Why is group size correlated with the size of the host sea anemone in the false clown anemonefish?. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 83, 372-376
page(s): 372, 373 [details]

additional source Fautin, D. G. (1991). The anemonefish symbiosis: what is known and what is not. Symbiosis, 10, 23-46
page(s): 27, 33 [details]

additional source Scott, A.; Harrison, P. L. (2007). Broadcast spawning of two species of sea anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor and Heteractis crispa, that host anemonefish. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 50(3): 163-171
page(s): 168 [details]

additional source Kokshoorn, B.; Goud, J.; Gittenberger, E. (2007). Epitoniid parasites (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Epitoniidae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Ceriantharia) in the Spermonde archipelago, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Basteria, 71, 33-56
page(s): 48, 52 [details]

additional source Honma, T.; Shiomi, K. (2006). Peptide toxins in sea anemones: structural and functional aspects. Marine Biotechnology, 8, 1-10
page(s): 2, 3, fig. 1 [details]

additional source Arvedlund, M.; Iwao, K.; Brolund, T. M.; Takemura, A. (2006). Juvenile Thalassoma amblycephalum Bleeker (Labridae, Teleostei) dwelling among the tentacles of sea anemones: a cleanerfish with an unusual talent?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 329, 161-173
page(s): 166, 167, 170 [details]

additional source Daly, M.; Chaudhuri, A.; Gusmão, L.; Rodríguez, E. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48, 292-301
page(s): 295 [details]

additional source Hasegawa, Y.; Honma, T.; Nagai, H.; Ishida, M.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2006). Isolation and cDNA cloning of a potassium channel peptide toxin from the sea anemone Anemonia erythraea. Toxicon, 48, 536-542
page(s): 541 [details]

additional source Fautin, D. G.; Tan, S. H.; Tan, R. (2009). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of Singapore: abundant and well-known shallow-water species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 22, 121-143
page(s): 121, 123, 132, 133, 140 [details]

additional source Daly, M.; Gusmão, L.; Reft, A. J.; Rodríguez, E. (2010). Phylogenetic signal in mitochondrial and nuclear markers in sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3): 371-388
page(s): 374 [details]

additional source Honma, T.; Minagawa, S.; Nagai, H.; Ishida, M.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2005). Novel peptide toxins from acrorhagi, aggressive organs of the sea anemone Actinia equina. Toxicon, 46, 7, 768-774
page(s): 768, 773 [details]

additional source Ninh, T. D.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2008). Unusual arsenic speciation in sea anemones. Chemosphere, 70, 1168-1174
page(s): 1168-1173 [details]

additional source Dunn, D. F. (1985). Sea anemones that harbor symbiotic pomacentrid fishes in the western Pacific. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18, 279-283
page(s): 280 [details]

additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1997). Notes on the genus Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) and its host sea anemones in the Seychelles. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 71(17), 181-188
page(s): 182 [details]

additional source Hirose, Y. (1985). Habitat, distribution and abundance of coral reef sea-anemones (Actiniidae and Stichodactylidae) in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, with notes on expansion and contraction behavior. Galaxea, 4(2), 113-127
page(s): 114, 116-121, 123-125 [details]

additional source Honma, T.; Kawahata, S.; Ishida, M.; Nagai, H.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2008). Novel peptide proteins from the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni. Peptides, 29, 536-544
page(s): 536, 541, 542, 543 [details]

additional source Titus, B. M.; Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Chiodo, T.; Rodríguez, E. (2024). The clownfish-hosting sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria): updated nomenclature, biogeography, and practical field guide. Zootaxa. 5506(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5506.1.1 [details]

additional source Rodríguez, E.; Titus, B. M.; Lauretta, D. (2024). Case 3885 – Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775 (currently Stichodactyla gigantea; Cnidaria, Actiniaria): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of the specific name by designation of a non-topotypic neotype for Priapus giganteus. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 81(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v81.a011 [details]

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

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype (of Polyparium ambulans Korotneff, 1886) ZMH C4663 [details]

Nontype (of Discosoma kenti Haddon & Shackleton, 1893) UMZ I.1560, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Discosoma kenti Haddon & Shackleton, 1893) UMZ I.33795, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Discosoma kenti Haddon & Shackleton, 1893) UMZ I.33800, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Discosoma kenti Haddon & Shackleton, 1893) UMZ NONE, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype BMNH 1954.6.28.33, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype BMNH, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 10395, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 10396, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 10399, geounit Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 10401, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 6141, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9534, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9536, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9537, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9538, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9539, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9540, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9541, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9542, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9543, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9544, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9545, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9765, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9767, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9768, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9772, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype CAS 9801, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RML CA 70, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RMNH 12891, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RMNH 12892, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RMNH Coel 12889, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RMNH Coel. 12890, geounit New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RMNH Coel. 3898, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 51076, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM 53352, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0007, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0330, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype ZRC ZRC.CNI.0331, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Syntype (of Stoichactis intermedia Lager, 1911) MNB 5442, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Syntype (of Stoichactis intermedia Lager, 1911) ZMH C5344, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Syntype (of Actinia parvitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) MNHN 2017, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	gigantic sea anemonegiant carpet anemonegiant anemone	[details]
German	RiesenanemoneNessellose RiesenanemoneMertens Anemone	[details]
Japanese	ハタゴイソギンチャク	[details]