WoRMS taxon details
Capneidae Gosse, 1860
Aurelianiidae Andres, 1883 · unaccepted (Family synonymized by Dunn (1983))
- Genus Actinoporus Duchassaing, 1850
- Genus Aureliania Gosse, 1860
- Genus Capnea Forbes, 1841
- Genus Aureliana accepted as Aureliania Gosse, 1860 (misspelling)
- Genus Stephanactis Verrill, 1869
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomy The family Capneaidae has been moved within the superfamily Actinostoloidea based on strong molecular support for a close...
Taxonomy The family Capneaidae has been moved within the superfamily Actinostoloidea based on strong molecular support for a close relationship between Capnea and other actinostoloideans despite the former having an endodermal marginal sphincter muscle (Yanagi & Izumi 2021) [details]
Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Capneidae Gosse, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172970 on 2025-04-27
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Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dunn, D.F. (1983). Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). <em>Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67.</em>
page(s): 1, 39, 41 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yanagi, K.; Izumi, T. (2021). Redescription of the Sea Anemone <i>Capnea japonica</i> (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). <em>Species Diversity.</em> 26(2): 153-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.26.153 [details]
additional source Dunn, D.F. (1983). Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). <em>Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67.</em>
page(s): 1, 39, 41 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yanagi, K.; Izumi, T. (2021). Redescription of the Sea Anemone <i>Capnea japonica</i> (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). <em>Species Diversity.</em> 26(2): 153-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.26.153 [details]
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Taxonomy The family Capneaidae has been moved within the superfamily Actinostoloidea based on strong molecular support for a close relationship between Capnea and other actinostoloideans despite the former having an endodermal marginal sphincter muscle (Yanagi & Izumi 2021) [details]
