Species Verrillactis paguri (Verrill, 1870)
- Sagartia paguri Verrill, A.E. 1870. Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, naturalist to the Expedition. Part IV. Actiniaria. Proceedings of the Essex Institute Salem 6: 51-104 [57].
Type data:
Status unknown, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, 36-55 m [23°N, 118°E].
Generic Combinations
- Verrillactis paguri (Verrill, 1870). —
England, K.W. 1971. Actiniaria from Mururoa Atoll Tuamotu, Polynesia (Hormathiidae; Calliactis polypus Sagartiidae: Verrillactis n. gen. paguri). Cahiers du Pacifique 15: 23-40 [29-35] (Fautin, D.G. Hexacorallians of the World. 2011. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm) - Adamsia paguri (Verrill, 1870). —
Carlgren, O. 1949. A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1: 1–121 [98] (Fautin, D.G. Hexacorallians of the World. 2011. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific: Maldives, Taiwan Straits, Korea, Marshall Islands, French Polynesia; new Australian record (C.C. Wallace, A.L. Crowther & D.G. Fautin, unpublished data)
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Entire body white. Column height 3 mm. Marginal sphincter muscle almost completely fills the mesogloea, tapers away from ectodermal side proximally. Pedal disc 20mm x 18mm. Tentacles conical, smooth, inner longer and thicker than the outer; no catch tentacles observed on specimens from Moreton Bay, Queensland.
General References
Carlgren, O. 1949. A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1: 1–121
Cha, H-R & Song, J-I. 2001. Taxonomy of two subtribes, Mesomyaria and Acontiaria (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) in Korea. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 17(1): 91-113
den Hartog, J.C. 1997. The sea anemone fauna of Indonesian coral reefs. pp. 351-370 in Tomascik, T., Mah, A.J., Nontji, A. & Moosa, M.K. (Eds). The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas, Part 1. Singapore : Periplus Editions Vol. 7.
England, K.W. 1971. Actiniaria from Mururoa Atoll Tuamotu, Polynesia (Hormathiidae; Calliactis polypus Sagartiidae: Verrillactis n. gen. paguri). Cahiers du Pacifique 15: 23-40
England, K.W. 1987. Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 53: 205-292
McMurrich, J.P. 1903. Note on the Sea Anemone, Sagartia paguri Verrill. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26: 427-428
Song, J-I. 1992. Systematic study on Anthozoa from the Korea Strait in Korea: Subclasses Zoantharia and Ceriantipatharia. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 8: 259-278
Song, J-I. & Lee, I.S. 1998. Fauna of the anthozoans from adjacent waters of Geojedo Island in Korea. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 14(3): 229-242
Uchida, H. & Soyama, I. 2001. Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. Japan : TBS 157 pp.
Verrill, A.E. 1869. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1(6): 377-558
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | NYNANTHEAE Carlgren, 1899 | 13-Aug-2013 | MOVED | Dr Bronwen Scott |
| 04-Jan-2011 | ADDED |