UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Actinostella digitata (McMurrich, 1893)

WoRMS taxon details

Actinostella digitata (McMurrich, 1893)

AphiaID

410946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:410946)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Actinostella Duchassaing, 1850

Original name

Cradactis digitata McMurrich, 1893

Synonymised names

Cradactis digitata McMurrich, 1893 · unaccepted

Phyllactis digitata (McMurrich, 1893) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cradactis digitata McMurrich, 1893) McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 198, 206 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actinostella digitata (McMurrich, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410946 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-08-10 07:45:48Z

created

Fautin, Daphne

2015-10-13 10:34:41Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cradactis digitata McMurrich, 1893) McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 198, 206 [details]

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

Other

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

additional source Häussermann, V. (2003). Redescription of Oulactis concinnata (Drayton in Dana, 1846) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniidae), an actiniid sea anemone from Chile and Perú with special fighting tentacles, with a preliminary revision of the genera with a ""frond-like"" marginal ruff. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 173-207
page(s): 178 [details]

additional source Barragán, Y.; Rodríguez, E.; Chiodo, T.; Gusmão, L. C.; Sánchez, C.; Lauretta, D. (2024). Revision of the Genus Actinostella (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Actinioidea) from Tropical and Subtropical Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: Redescriptions and Synonymies. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2024(4014)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/4014.1 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype MACN MACN-In 43521 [details]

Syntype (of Cradactis digitata McMurrich, 1893) USNM 17776, geounit Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type USNM 17776, geounit Atlantic Ocean [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Phyllactis digitata (McMurrich, 1893))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Cradactis digitata McMurrich, 1893)