Genus Actinothoe Fischer, 1889
- Actinothoe Fischer, P. 1889. Nouvelle contribution à l'actinologie française. Première Partie. Actes de la Société Linnéene de Bordeaux 43: 252-309 [290].
Type species:
Sagartia sphyrodeta Gosse, 1858 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Diagnosis
Sagartiidae with well developed base. Column smooth, not divisible into regions, with cinclides. Margin tentaculate. Tentacles and mesenteries arranged hexamerously or otherwise. Perfect mesenteries variable in number, more than 6 pairs, usually 12 or more. Older mesenteries fertile. Mesenteries about in equal number proximally and distally. Cnidom: spirocysts, basitrichs, microbasic p-mastigophores, microbasic amastigophores.
General References
Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
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 |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 09-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 09-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |