Actinia

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]

Actinia
Actinia equina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Family: Actiniidae
Genus: Actinia
Linnaeus, 1767 [1]
Synonyms
  • Actinea
  • Priapus Forsskål, 1775

Species

The following 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
  • Beadlet anemone (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 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 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
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References
  1. Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  2. Yew. A. Filipchenko – Experimental Zoology; Ripol Klassik 2013; ISBN 5458477898, ISBN 9785458477895, pp. 209, 221–223, 344.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Actinia Linnaeus, 1767". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-04.


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