Marine Species Traits - Paranthea Verrill, 1868

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Paranthea Verrill, 1868

Sea anemone from Guam

AphiaID

446822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446822)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Aiptasiidae Carlgren, 1924

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Species Paranthea armata Verrill, 1868

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1868). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. Part IV. Actiniaria [First part]. Communications of the Essex Institute, 5(3): 315-330 [reprint 1-16]
page(s): 322 [8] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Paranthea Verrill, 1868. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446822 on 2026-09-24

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Paranthea Verrill, 1868. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446822 on 2026-09-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-01-11 11:24:30Z

created

Fautin, Daphne

2015-10-06 13:36:17Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

2023-05-03 07:17:31Z

changed

Daly, Meg

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1868). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. Part IV. Actiniaria [First part]. Communications of the Essex Institute, 5(3): 315-330 [reprint 1-16]
page(s): 322 [8] [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]

additional source Fautin, D. G. (2016). Catalog to families, genera, and species of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4145(1): 1-449., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/zootaxa.4145.1.1/21995
page(s): 22; note: States that Dysactis pallida is the type species of Paranthus and Aiptaisia. This species is not the type of Aiptasia. [details]

additional source Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1668: 183-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.12
page(s): 219 [details] Available for editors