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Actinia  Linnaeus, 1767
Taxonomic Serial No.: 52588

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2002   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderActiniaria  – anemones, sea anemones, actinies, anémones  
                   SuborderNyantheae Carlgren, 1899  
                      InfraorderThenaria Carlgren, 1899  
                         FamilyActiniidae Rafinesque, 1815  
                            GenusActinia Linnaeus, 1767  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesActinia australiensis Carlgren, 1950  
                               SpeciesActinia bermudensis (McMurrich, 1889) – maroon anemone 
                               SpeciesActinia denticulosa Le Sueur, 1817  
                               SpeciesActinia equina (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                               SpeciesActinia fragacea Tugwell, 1856  
                               SpeciesActinia gemma Drayton in Dana, 1846  
                               SpeciesActinia gracilis Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834  
                               SpeciesActinia grobbeni Watzl, 1922  
                               SpeciesActinia infecunda McMurrich, 1893  
                               SpeciesActinia kraemeri Pax, 1914  
                               SpeciesActinia prasina Gosse, 1860  
                               SpeciesActinia striata Quoy and Gaimard, 1833  
                               SpeciesActinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898  
       

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  Source: Hexacorallians of the World, website (version 1)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/Hexacoral/Biodata/index.html   
  Reference for: Actinia   
       
  Source: Hexacorallians of the World, 05-May-2002, website (version 05-May-02)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm   
  Reference for: Actinia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Note that attribution to Linnaeus (1758) is an error. The correct authorship for Actinia (following suppression of Actinia Pallas 1766 in ICZN Opinion 1295) is Linnaeus 1767  
 

 

    


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