World Register of Deep-Sea species - Ptychodactinidae Appellöf, 1893

Deep-Sea taxon details

Ptychodactinidae Appellöf, 1893

AphiaID

853968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:853968)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Actinioidea Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Ptychodacteae · unaccepted (group more appropriately ranked...)

group more appropriately ranked as family

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Ptychodactinidae Appellöf, 1893. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853968 on 2026-09-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Ptychodactinidae Appellöf, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853968 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-06 07:29:30Z

created

Fautin, Daphne

2016-10-23 14:33:28Z

changed

Daly, Meg

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original description (of Ptychodacteae) Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
page(s): 249 [details]

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

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

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ヒダギンチャク科ヒダギンチャク亜目 [from synonym]	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ptychodacteae)