MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)

ERMS taxon details

Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)

AphiaID

100987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100987)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cereus Ilmoni, 1830

Original name

Actinia pedunculata Pennant, 1777

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 49 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=100987 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/js/10.1017/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100987 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2015-10-13 10:34:41Z

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Fautin, Daphne

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original description (of ) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 49 [details]

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additional source Dunn, Daphne Fautin (1982) Sexual reproduction of two intertidal sea anemone (Coelenterata: Actinaria) in Malaysia, Biotropica 14: 262-271, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2388084
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additional source Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences. 19A: 33-54.
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additional source Yanagi, K. & Daly, M. (2004). The hermaphroditic sea anemone Anthopleura atodai n. sp. (Anthozoa: Actiniaria : Actiniidae) from Japan, with a redescription of A. hermaphroditica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 117(3): 408-422.
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additional source Manuel, R. L. (1981). British Anthozoa. London: Academic Press. 241 pp. (Synopses of the British Fauna).
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additional source Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
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additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1977). The marginal tentacles of Rhodactis sanctithomae (Corallimorpharia) and the sweeper tentacles of Montastrea cavernosa (Scleractinia); their cnidom and possible function . Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium Miami, Florida, 464-469
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additional source Ottaway, J. R. (1979). Population Ecology of the Intertidal Anemone *Actinia tenebrosa.* II. * Geographical Distribution, Synonymy, Reproductive Cycle and Fecundity. Australian Journal of Zoology. 27(2), 273-290., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/zo9790273
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additional source Manuel, R. L. (1977). A redescription of Edwardsia beautempsi and E. timida (Actiniaria: Edwardsidae). Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 18, 483-497
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additional source den Hartog, J. C. (1995). The genus Telmatactis Gravier, 1916 (Actiniaria: Acontiaria: Isophelliidae) in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 69(14): 153-176
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additional source Nafilyan, Z. (1912). Matériaux pour la faune des Actinies des côtes de France. Les Actinies de Roscoff. Memoirs of the Society of Zoology of France, 25, 5-44
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additional source Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.279151
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additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1901). Report on the Hexactiniæ of the Columbia University Expedition to Puget Sound during the summer of 1896. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 14(1): 1-52, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1901.tb55048.x
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additional source Pax, F. (1952). Die Antipatharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien der ?Hvar"-Expedition. Izvjesca-Reports, 6(1): 3-24
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additional source Pax, F.; Müller, I. (1955). Gli Antozoi del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste Parte I: Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, Zoantharia, Actiniaria, Alcyonaria, e Pennatularia. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Trieste, 20(7-8): 103-129
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