Actinia

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

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

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

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  Actinia cari
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  Actinia equina
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  Actinia fragacea
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  Actinia mediterranea
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  Actinia striata
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  Actinia tenebrosa

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 2024-10-25.