Marine Species Traits - Ilyanthus Forbes, 1840

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Ilyanthus Forbes, 1840

AphiaID

267503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267503)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Haloclavidae Verrill, 1899

Synonymised names

Elyanthus · unaccepted

Iluanthos Forbes, 1840 · unaccepted

Iyanthus · unaccepted

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Species Ilyanthus neglectus (Leidy, 1855)
Species Ilyanthus scoticus Forbes, 1840
Species Ilyanthus chloropsis Agassiz in Verrill, 1864 accepted as Mesacmaea chloropsis (Agassiz in Verrill, 1864) (original binomen)
Species Ilyanthus diaphanus Andres, 1883 accepted as Andresia parthenopea (Andrès, 1883) accepted as Andresia partenopea (Andrès, 1883)
Species Ilyanthus laevis Verrill, 1864 accepted as Mesacmaea laevis (Verrill, 1864)
Species Ilyanthus levis accepted as Mesacmaea laevis (Verrill, 1864)
Species Ilyanthus mazeli Jourdan, 1880 accepted as Anemonactis mazeli (Jourdan, 1880)
Species Ilyanthus mitchelii accepted as Mesacmaea mitchellii (Gosse, 1853)
Species Ilyanthus mitchelli accepted as Mesacmaea mitchellii (Gosse, 1853)
Species Ilyanthus mitchellii (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Mesacmaea mitchellii (Gosse, 1853)
Species Ilyanthus partenopeus Andrès, 1883 accepted as Andresia parthenopea (Andrès, 1883) accepted as Andresia partenopea (Andrès, 1883) (original binomen)
Species Ilyanthus parthenopeus Andres, 1883 accepted as Andresia parthenopea (Andrès, 1883) accepted as Andresia partenopea (Andrès, 1883)
Species Ilyanthus stellatus Andres, 1881 accepted as Mesacmaea mitchellii (Gosse, 1853)
Subgenus Ilyanthus (Mesacmaea) (uncertain > unassessed)
1. Species Ilyanthus (Mesacmaea) mitchellii (Gosse, 1853) represented as Ilyanthus mitchellii (Gosse, 1853) accepted as Mesacmaea mitchellii (Gosse, 1853)
Species Ilyanthus gossei (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Forbes, E. (1840). On the British Actiniadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 180-184 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Ilyanthus Forbes, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267503 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-02-07 15:05:55Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

2015-10-06 13:36:17Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Forbes, E. (1840). On the British Actiniadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 180-184 [details]

original description (of Iluanthos Forbes, 1840) Forbes, E. (1840). On the British Actiniadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 180-184
page(s): 184 [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]

Other

additional source Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 56 [details]

additional source Dana, J.D. (1846-1847). On Zoophytes. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 2(4): 64-69; 2(5): 187-202; 3(7): 1-24; 3(8): 160-163; 3(9): 337-347. New-Haven., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28135503
page(s): 124 [details]

additional source Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 124 [details]

additional source Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81386
page(s): 250 [details]

additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
page(s): 250 [details]

additional source Panikkar, N. K. (1938). Studies on Peachia from Madras. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 7B(4): 182-205
page(s): 192, 200 [details]

additional source Gosse, P. H. (1855). Description of Peachia hastata, a new genus and species of the class Zoophyta, with observations on the family Actiniadae. Transactions of the Linnean Society (London), 21, 267-276
page(s): 271 [details]

additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
page(s): 96 [details]

additional source Hertwig, R. (1882). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 6(1): 1-136
page(s): 108 [details]

additional source Andres, A. (1880). Intorno all'Edwardsia Claparedii (Halcampa Claparedii Panc.). Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 5, 3, 221-236
page(s): 222, 233 [details]

additional source Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
page(s): 457, 458, 638 [details]

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