African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Actinioidea Rafinesque, 1815

AfReMaS taxon details

Actinioidea Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

853973 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:853973)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Enthemonae

Synonymised names

Actinioidea Rodríguez & Daly in Rodríguez et al., 2014 · unaccepted (duplicate, author incorrect)

Endomyaria Stephenson, 1921 · unaccepted

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Family Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Actinodendridae Haddon, 1898
Family Haloclavidae Verrill, 1899
Family Heteractidae Andres, 1883
Family Peachiidae Hamilton, Daly & Rodríguez, 2022
Family Phymanthidae Andres, 1883
Family Stichodactylidae Andres, 1883
Family Thalassianthidae Milne Edwards, 1857
Family Stoichactidae Carlgren, 1900 accepted as Stichodactylidae Andres, 1883

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actinioidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853973 on 2026-06-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Actinioidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853973 on 2026-06-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-06 07:29:30Z

created

Fautin, Daphne

2016-10-22 18:09:45Z

changed

Daly, Meg

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original description (of Endomyaria Stephenson, 1921) Stephenson, Thomas Alan. (1921). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part II. — Consideration of the whole group and its relationships, with special reference to forms nor treated in Part I. <em>The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London.</em> New Series, 65(4, 260): 493-576, 20 text-figures., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13855068
page(s): 541 [details]

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

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