Marine Species Traits - Gyractis Boveri, 1893

Actiniaria taxon details

Gyractis Boveri, 1893

AphiaID

267459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267459)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Actiniogeton Carlgren, 1938 · unaccepted

Actinogeton Carlgren, 1938 · unaccepted (misspelling of Actiniogeton)

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Subgenus Gyractis (Bunodes)
1. Species Gyractis (Bunodes) inornata (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Gyractis sesere (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Species Gyractis spenceri (Haddon & Duerden, 1896)
Species Gyractis excavata Boveri, 1893 accepted as Gyractis sesere (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Species Gyractis japonica (Verrill, 1899) accepted as Anthopleura japonica Verrill, 1899
Species Gyractis pallida Boveri, 1893 accepted as Anthopleura pallida Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Gyractis pallida accepted as Gyractis sesere (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
Species Gyractis stimpsoni (Verrill, 1869) accepted as Anthopleura stimpsonii Verrill, 1869
Species Gyractis ambonensis (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Boveri, T. (1893). Das Genus Gyractis, eine radial-symmetrische Actinienform. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, 7, 241-253
page(s): 246-249 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Gyractis Boveri, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/actiniaria/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267459 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-12-23 10:36:46Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

2015-10-06 13:36:17Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

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original description Boveri, T. (1893). Das Genus Gyractis, eine radial-symmetrische Actinienform. Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, 7, 241-253
page(s): 246-249 [details]

original description (of Actiniogeton Carlgren, 1938) Carlgren, O. (1938). South African Actiniaria and Zoantharia. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. 17(3): 1-148.
page(s): 32 [details]

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

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

additional source Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.
page(s): 82 [details]

additional source Daly, M. (2004). Anatomy and Taxonomy of Three Species of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniidae) from the Gulf of California, Including Isoaulactinia hespervolita Daly, n. sp. Pacific Science. 58(3): 377-390., available online at https://doi.org/10.1353/psc.2004.0030
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors

additional source Li, Y., & Liu, R. (2012). Aulactinia sinensis, a new species of sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Yellow Sea. Zootaxa. 3476, 62-68.
page(s): 63 [details]

additional source Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
page(s): 396, 441 [details]

additional source Goette, A. (1897). Einiges über die Entwickelung der Scyphopolypen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 63, 292-378
page(s): 349 [details]

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