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Actinia viduata W. Thompson
855122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:855122)
unaccepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 231 [details]
page(s): 231 [details]
Note Type species of *Sagartia* by subsequent...
Type species Type species of *Sagartia* by subsequent designation (Thompson, 1858), contrary to Haddon (1889), who designated *Actinia elegans*, and to Carlgren (1949), who accepted *Actinia elegans*. [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actinia viduata W. Thompson. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=855122 on 2025-05-04
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Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 231 [details]
basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 231 [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 de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 290 [details]
additional source Heller, C. (1868). Die Zoophyten und Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft von Wien.</em> 18, supplement: 1-88, 3 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43291
page(s): 13-14 [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1847). A history of British zoophytes. Van Voorst, Second edition, London. pp. vol. 1, pp. i-xvi, 1-488, vol. 2, plates 1-74. <em>Van Voorst, London.</em> 1: 1-499, figs 1-87; vol. 2: pls 1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17834260
page(s): 215-216, 217 [details]
additional source Landsborough, D. (1852). A popular history of British zoophytes, or corallines. <em>London :Reeve and Co.</em> 404pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/19828#/summary
page(s): 244 [details]
additional source Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 8 [details]
additional source Müller O. F. (1788). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Volumen secundum: pp. [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33601499
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 324 [details]
additional source Gravenhorst I.L.C. (1831). Tergestina, oder Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über einige bei Triest im Meere lebende Arten der Gattungen <i>Octopus, Doris, Pinna, Ascidia, Serpula, Echinus, Asterias, Ophiura, Holothuria, Actinia, Caryophyllia, Actinotus</i>. <i>Breslau [Wroclaw], W.G. Korn. 166 p.</i>: , available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=xRAAAAAAQAAJ
page(s): 139, 144-145 [details]
additional source Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées, d'Après Nature. Tome second. Paris: Chez Deterville. 1–296, pls. 9–18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817320
page(s): 219 [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1837). A history of British Zoophytes. <em>W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, London & Dublin.</em> 1-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.117388
page(s): 211 [details]
additional source Müller, O. F. (1780). <em>Zoologiae Danicae seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum icones.</em> Havniae, Fasc. 2. pp. [3]-4, pls. 41- 80.
page(s): 4, Tab. LXIII [details]
additional source Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54084062
page(s): 32-33 [details]
additional source Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Revue et augmentée de notes présentant les faits nouveaux dont la science s'est enrichie jusqu'a ce jour. J. B. Baillière. Paris., edition 2nd, volume 3, pp. 770
page(s): 407-408 [details]
additional source Fischer, P. (1887). Contribution a l'actinologie française. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, 5, 2, 381-442
page(s): 421 [details]
additional source Forbes, E. (1840). On the British Actiniadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 180-184
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Gmelin, J. F. (1796). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturæ. Bernuset, Delamolliere, Falque and Co. Lugduni [Lyon]., edition 13, revised, volume 1, Part 6 of 7, pp. 4120., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36932
page(s): 3133 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1989). Fishes that eat sea anemones, a review. Journal of Natural History, 23, 71-79
page(s): 72 [details]
additional source Müller, O. F. (1780). Die rothbraune Seenessel. Leipzig and Dessau., chapter 30, pp. 75-80
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Haddon, A. C. (1889). A revision of the British Actiniae. Part I. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 4, 2, 297-361
page(s): 324 [details]
additional source Couch, R. Q. (1838). A Cornish Fauna, Being a Compendium of the Natural History of the County. L. E. Gillet. Truro., volume Part III, pp. 164.
page(s): 75-76 [details]
additional source Bosc, L.A.G. (1827). Histoire Naturelle des Vers. <em>Roret, Libraire, Rue Hautfeuille. Paris.</em> edition 2, volume 2, pp. 245-265.
page(s): 256 [details]
additional source Couch, R. Q. (1842). An essay on the zoophytes of Cornwall. Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 9, 27-91
page(s): 57-58 [details]
additional source Thompson, W. (1856). Zoophyta. Henry G. Bohn. London., volume 4, pp. 451-476
page(s): 463-464 [details]
additional source Lütken, C. (1861). Nogle Bémærkninger om de ved de danske Kyster iagttagne Arter af Aktiniernes Gruppe. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening (Copenhagen), 14, 184-200
page(s): 185-186, 194-195 [details]
additional source de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 290 [details]
additional source Heller, C. (1868). Die Zoophyten und Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft von Wien.</em> 18, supplement: 1-88, 3 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43291
page(s): 13-14 [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1847). A history of British zoophytes. Van Voorst, Second edition, London. pp. vol. 1, pp. i-xvi, 1-488, vol. 2, plates 1-74. <em>Van Voorst, London.</em> 1: 1-499, figs 1-87; vol. 2: pls 1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17834260
page(s): 215-216, 217 [details]
additional source Landsborough, D. (1852). A popular history of British zoophytes, or corallines. <em>London :Reeve and Co.</em> 404pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/19828#/summary
page(s): 244 [details]
additional source Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 11 [details]
additional source Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 8 [details]
additional source Müller O. F. (1788). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Volumen secundum: pp. [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33601499
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581
page(s): 324 [details]
additional source Gravenhorst I.L.C. (1831). Tergestina, oder Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über einige bei Triest im Meere lebende Arten der Gattungen <i>Octopus, Doris, Pinna, Ascidia, Serpula, Echinus, Asterias, Ophiura, Holothuria, Actinia, Caryophyllia, Actinotus</i>. <i>Breslau [Wroclaw], W.G. Korn. 166 p.</i>: , available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=xRAAAAAAQAAJ
page(s): 139, 144-145 [details]
additional source Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées, d'Après Nature. Tome second. Paris: Chez Deterville. 1–296, pls. 9–18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817320
page(s): 219 [details]
additional source Johnston, G. (1837). A history of British Zoophytes. <em>W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, London & Dublin.</em> 1-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.117388
page(s): 211 [details]
additional source Müller, O. F. (1780). <em>Zoologiae Danicae seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum icones.</em> Havniae, Fasc. 2. pp. [3]-4, pls. 41- 80.
page(s): 4, Tab. LXIII [details]
additional source Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54084062
page(s): 32-33 [details]
additional source Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Revue et augmentée de notes présentant les faits nouveaux dont la science s'est enrichie jusqu'a ce jour. J. B. Baillière. Paris., edition 2nd, volume 3, pp. 770
page(s): 407-408 [details]
additional source Fischer, P. (1887). Contribution a l'actinologie française. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, 5, 2, 381-442
page(s): 421 [details]
additional source Forbes, E. (1840). On the British Actiniadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 180-184
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Gmelin, J. F. (1796). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturæ. Bernuset, Delamolliere, Falque and Co. Lugduni [Lyon]., edition 13, revised, volume 1, Part 6 of 7, pp. 4120., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36932
page(s): 3133 [details]
additional source Ates, R. M. L. (1989). Fishes that eat sea anemones, a review. Journal of Natural History, 23, 71-79
page(s): 72 [details]
additional source Müller, O. F. (1780). Die rothbraune Seenessel. Leipzig and Dessau., chapter 30, pp. 75-80
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Haddon, A. C. (1889). A revision of the British Actiniae. Part I. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 4, 2, 297-361
page(s): 324 [details]
additional source Couch, R. Q. (1838). A Cornish Fauna, Being a Compendium of the Natural History of the County. L. E. Gillet. Truro., volume Part III, pp. 164.
page(s): 75-76 [details]
additional source Bosc, L.A.G. (1827). Histoire Naturelle des Vers. <em>Roret, Libraire, Rue Hautfeuille. Paris.</em> edition 2, volume 2, pp. 245-265.
page(s): 256 [details]
additional source Couch, R. Q. (1842). An essay on the zoophytes of Cornwall. Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 9, 27-91
page(s): 57-58 [details]
additional source Thompson, W. (1856). Zoophyta. Henry G. Bohn. London., volume 4, pp. 451-476
page(s): 463-464 [details]
additional source Lütken, C. (1861). Nogle Bémærkninger om de ved de danske Kyster iagttagne Arter af Aktiniernes Gruppe. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening (Copenhagen), 14, 184-200
page(s): 185-186, 194-195 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type species Type species of *Sagartia* by subsequent designation (Thompson, 1858), contrary to Haddon (1889), who designated *Actinia elegans*, and to Carlgren (1949), who accepted *Actinia elegans*. [details]