MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pycnanthus McMurrich, 1893

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Pycnanthus McMurrich, 1893

AphiaID

100714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100714)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Actinostolidae Carlgren, 1932

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Species Pycnanthus densus Carlgren, 1921
Species Pycnanthus fleurei (Stuckey & Walton, 1910)
Species Pycnanthus laevis Carlgren, 1921
Species Pycnanthus maliformis McMurrich, 1893
Species Pycnanthus fleuri accepted as Pycnanthus fleurei (Stuckey & Walton, 1910)
Species Pycnanthus lineolatus (Mc Murrich) accepted as Antiparactis lineolata (Couthouy in Dana, 1846)
Species Pycnanthus paguri (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 172 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Pycnanthus McMurrich, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100714 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2015-10-06 13:36:17Z

changed

Fautin, Daphne

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Nomenclature

original description McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
page(s): 172 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

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

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.
page(s): 57, 64, 71, 77 [details]

additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
page(s): 84-85 [details]

additional source Fautin, D. G.; Hessler, R. R. (1989). Marianactis bythios, a new genus and species of actinostolid sea anemone (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) from the Mariana vents. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102(4): 815-825
page(s): 817 [details]

additional source Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
page(s): 396, 446 [details]

additional source Rodríguez, E.; López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. (2007). Biogeography of Antarctic sea anemones (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): what do they tell us about the origin of the Antarctic benthic fauna?. Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 1876-1904
page(s): 1881, 1889 [details]

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