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ERMS name details

Ptychodacteae

AphiaID

367227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367227)

Classification

Authority

Stephenson, 1922

Status

unaccepted (group more appropriately ranked as family)

Accepted name

Ptychodactinidae Appellöf, 1893

Rank

Suborder

Parent

Actiniaria

Direct children (1)

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Family Ptychodactiidae Appellöf, 1893 accepted as Ptychodactinidae Appellöf, 1893

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
page(s): 249 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Ptychodacteae. 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=367227 on 2026-05-31

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ptychodacteae. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367227 on 2026-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-09-06 18:40:41Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2016-10-22 18:09:45Z

changed

Daly, Meg

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original description Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
page(s): 249 [details]

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

basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Cappola, V. A.; Fautin, D. G. (2000). All three species of Ptychodactiaria belong to order Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 80, 995-1005, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400003064 [details]

additional source Daly, M.; Chaudhuri, A.; Gusmão, L.; Rodríguez, E. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 48, 292-301, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.02.022
page(s): 292, 295 [details]

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