Actinia
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| Actinia equina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Actiniaria |
| Family: | Actiniidae |
| Genus: | Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 [1] |
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Actinia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae. Actinia display a rare form of heteromorphosis in which a cut inflicted on a specimen can develop into a second mouth.[2]
Species
[edit]The following 63 species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):[3]
- Actinia alba Risso, 1826
- Actinia annulata Gay, 1854
- Actinia aster Ellis, 1768
- Actinia australiensis Carlgren, 1950
- Actinia bermudensis (McMurrich, 1889)
- Actinia bicornis Müller, 1776
- Actinia capillata Gay, 1854
- Actinia cari Delle Chiaje, 1822
- Actinia chlorodactyla Brandt, 1835
- Actinia cinerea Gay, 1854
- Actinia cleopatrae Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
- Actinia curta Drayton in Dana, 1846
- Actinia delicatula (Hertwig, 1888)
- Actinia dubia Lesson, 1830
- Actinia ebhayiensis Schama, Mitchell & Solé-Cava, 2011
- Actinia equina Linnaeus, 1758
- Actinia erythrospilota Brandt, 1835
- Actinia fiscella Müller, 1789
- Actinia fragacea Tugwell, 1856, Strawberry anemone
- Actinia gelatinosa Moseley, 1877
- Actinia gemma Drayton in Dana, 1846
- Actinia gracilis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
- Actinia graminea Drayton in Dana, 1846
- Actinia grobbeni Watzl, 1922
- Actinia iris Müller, 1789
- Actinia kraemeri Pax, 1914
- Actinia laurentii Brandt, 1835
- Actinia mamillaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Actinia mediterranea Schmidt, 1971
- Actinia mertensii Brandt, 1835
- Actinia minutissima Le Sueur, 1817
- Actinia mucilaginosa
- Actinia nigropunctata den Hartog & Ocaña, 2003
- Actinia obtruncata Stimpson, 1853
- Actinia ornata Holdsworth, 1855
- Actinia ostraearum Gay, 1854
- Actinia papuana Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Actinia prasina Gosse, 1860
- Actinia punctata Gay, 1854
- Actinia pusilla Swartz, 1788
- Actinia reclinata Bosc, 1802
- Actinia rosea Risso, 1826
- Actinia rosula Ehrenberg, 1834
- Actinia rubida Holdsworth, 1855
- Actinia rufa Müller, 1776
- Actinia sali Monteiro, Sole-Cava & Thorpe, 1997
- Actinia sanguineo-punctata Templeton, 1841
- Actinia simplex Ehrenberg, 1834
- Actinia sinensis Andres, 1883
- Actinia striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Actinia striata Rizzi, 1907
- Actinia strigata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Actinia tabella Drayton in Dana, 1846
- Actinia taeniata Gay, 1854
- Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
- Actinia tilesii Milne Edwards, 1857
- Actinia timida Verrill, 1868
- Actinia tongana Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Actinia truncata Müller, 1776
- Actinia varians Müller, 1806
- Actinia violacea Risso, 1826
- Actinia volva Müller, 1776
- Actinia zonata Rathke, 1836
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Actinia.
- ^ Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ Yew. A. Filipchenko – Experimental Zoology; Ripol Klassik 2013; ISBN 5458477898, ISBN 9785458477895, pp. 209, 221–223, 344.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Actinia Linnaeus, 1767". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
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