Marine Species Traits - Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893)

Traits taxon details

Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893)

AphiaID

291134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291134)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Stichodactyla Brandt, 1835

Original name

Discosoma haddoni Saville-Kent, 1893

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Saville-Kent W (1893) The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities, pp. 1-387, pls. 1-48, chromo pls. 1-16. Allen & Co., London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10697730
page(s): 32-33 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291134 on 2026-10-09

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291134 on 2026-10-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-09-15 08:51:01Z

checked

Fautin, Daphne

2015-10-13 10:34:41Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

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original description (of ) Saville-Kent W (1893) The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities, pp. 1-387, pls. 1-48, chromo pls. 1-16. Allen & Co., London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10697730
page(s): 32-33 [details]

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

basis of record den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Arvedlund, M.; Bundgaard, I.; Nielsen, L. E. (2000). Host imprinting in anemonefishes (Pisces: Pomacentridae): does it dictate spawning site preferences?. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 58, 203-213, available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007652902857
page(s): 206 [details]

additional source Astalhov, D. A. (2002). Species composition of anemonefishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in the Khanhhoa Province (South Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology, 42(1): 37-50
page(s): 37-38, 44-49 [details]

additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1994). Sea anemones of the Seychelles. J. van der Land (eds.). National Museum of Natural History. Leiden, chapter 6.2, volume 2, pp. 75-79
page(s): 77, 78 [details]

additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1997). Notes on the genus Amphiprion Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) and its host sea anemones in the Seychelles. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 71(17), 181-188
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additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1997). The sea anemone fauna of Indonesian coral reefs. Periplus Editions. Republic of Singapore., chapter Box 8.2, volume 7, pp. 351-370
page(s): 356 [details]

additional source den Hartog, J. C.; Vennam, J. (1993). Some Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the west coast of India. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 67(42): 601-637
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additional source Dunn, D. F. (1981). The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 71, 1, 1-115, available online at https://doi.org/10.70249/9798893982138
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additional source Dunn, D. F. (1985). Sea anemones that harbor symbiotic pomacentrid fishes in the western Pacific. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 18, 279-283
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additional source Fautin, D. G. (1988). Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea, 14(1): 22-29
page(s): 23 Tab. 1, 26-27 [details]

additional source Fautin, D. G. (1991). The anemonefish symbiosis: what is known and what is not. Symbiosis, 10, 23-46
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additional source Fautin, D. G.; Crowther, A. L.; Wallace, C. C. (2008). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54(1): 35-64
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additional source Fautin, D. G.; Tan, S. H.; Tan, R. (2009). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of Singapore: abundant and well-known shallow-water species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 22, 121-143
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additional source Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hirose, Y. (1985). Habitat, distribution and abundance of coral reef sea-anemones (Actiniidae and Stichodactylidae) in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, with notes on expansion and contraction behavior. Galaxea, 4(2), 113-127
page(s): 114 [details]

additional source Honma, T.; Kawahata, S.; Ishida, M.; Nagai, H.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2008). Novel peptide proteins from the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni. Peptides, 29, 536-544, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2007.12.010
page(s): 536, 537, 539, 540, 542, 543 [details]

additional source Khan, R.N.; Becker, J.H.; Crowther, A.L.; Lawn, I.D. (1999). Spatial distribution of symbiotic shrimps (Periclimenes holthuisi, P. brevicarpalis, Thor amboinensis) on the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 84(1): 201-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009063h
page(s): 201-202 [details] Available for editors

additional source Khan, R.N.; Becker, J.H.A.; Crowther, A.L.; Lawn, I.D. (2003). Sea anemone host selection by the symbiotic saddled cleaner shrimp Periclimenes holthuisi. Marine and Freshwater Research. 54: 653-656. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf02121
page(s): 653-656 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kokshoorn, B.; Goud, J.; Gittenberger, E.; Gittenberger, A. (2007). Epitoniid parasites (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Epitoniidae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Ceriantharia) in the Spermonde archipelago, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Basteria. 71(1-3): 33-56., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597334
page(s): 37, 41, 44, 48, 49 [details] Available for editors

additional source Mitchell, J. S. (2003). Mobility of Stichodactyla gigantea sea anemones and implications for resident false clown anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 66, 85-90, available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1023286009054
page(s): 87 [details]

additional source Ninh, T. D.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2008). Unusual arsenic speciation in sea anemones. Chemosphere, 70, 1168-1174, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.053
page(s): 1168-1173 [details]

additional source Paulay, G.; Puglisi, M. P.; Starmer, J. A. (2003). The non-scleractinian Anthozoa (Cnidaria) of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35-36, 138-155
page(s): 148 [details]

additional source Richardson, D. L.; Harriott, V. J.; Harrison, P. L. (1997). Distribution and abundance of giant sea anemones (Actiniaria) in subtropical eastern Australian waters. Marine and Freshwater Research, 48, 59-66, available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf96020
page(s): 61-62, 64 [details]

additional source Titus, B. M.; Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Chiodo, T.; Rodríguez, E. (2024). The clownfish-hosting sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria): updated nomenclature, biogeography, and practical field guide. Zootaxa. 5506(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5506.1.1 [details]

additional source Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
page(s): 96, 151, 155 [details]

additional source Williams, G. P.; Babu, S.; Ravikumar, S.; Kathiresan, K.; Prathap, S. A.; Chinnapparaj, S.; Marian, M. P.; Alikhan, S. L. (2007). Antimicrobial activity of tissue and associated bacteria from benthic sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni against microbial pathogens. Journal of Environmental Biology, 28(4): 789-793
page(s): 789, 790 [details]

additional source Wittman, K. J. (2008). Two new species of Heteromysini (Mysida, Mysidae) from the island of Madeira (N.E. Atlantic), with notes on sea anemone and hermit crab commensalisms in the genus Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873. Crustaceana, 81(3): 351-374, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854008783564037
page(s): 353 [details] Available for editors

additional source Zhang, M.; Liu, X. S.; Diochot, S.; Lazdunski, M.; Tseng, G. N. (2007). APETx1 from sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima is a gating modifier peptide toxin of the human Ether-a-go-go-related potassium channel. Molecular Pharmacology, 72(2): 259-268, available online at https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.107.035840
page(s): 536, 537, 539, 540, 542, 543 [details]

ecology source Bennett-Smith, M. F.; Majoris, J. E.; Titus, B. M.; Berumen, M. L. (2021). Clownfish hosting anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) of the Red Sea: new associations and distributions, historical misidentifications, and morphological variability. Marine Biodiversity Records. 14(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-021-00216-6 [details]