Species Actinostola crassicornis (Hertwig, 1882)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dysactis crassicornis Hertwig, R. 1882. Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Jena : Gustav Fischer 119 pp. [39-43, 116].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.11.25.3-4, South Atlantic Ocean, Challenger Expedition 1873-1876 Station 313, 100 m [52°20'S, 67°39'W]; NHRM 1183, South Atlantic Ocean, Challenger Expedition 1873-1876 Station 313, 100 m [52°20'S, 67°39'W]; BMNH 1889.11.25.10, South Atlantic Ocean, Challenger Expedition 1873-1876 Station 313, 100 m [52°20'S, 67°39'W]; BMNH 1889.11.25.9, South Atlantic Ocean, Challenger Expedition 1873-1876 Station 312, 20-30 m [53°38’S, 70°56’W].
• Actinostola intermedia Carlgren, O. 1899. Zoantharien. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 4(1): 1-48 [31-33].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1184, South America, Magellan Strait, Cape St. Vincent, 275m [53°29'S, 70°41'E].
• Actinostola chilensis McMurrich, J.P. 1904. The Actiniae of the Plate collection. Zoologische Jahrbücher 6 Suppl.(2): 215-306 [247-250].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNUB 4204, Chile, Los Lagos, Calbuco, 29-37m [41°46'S, 73°8'W].
• Actinostola clubbi Carlgren, O. 1927. Actiniaria and Zoantharia. pp. 1-102 in Odhner, T. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner Vol. 2(3) pp. 1-102. [66-68].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 4009, Antarctica, North Victoria Land, Oates Land, 465m [67°22'S, 155°21'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Actinostola crassicornis (Hertwig, 1882). —
  Carlgren, O. 1899. Zoantharien. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 4(1): 1-48 [31, 44] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Chile, New Zealand, Antarctica.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Diagnosis

Pedal disc wide, approximately same size as column height. Column thick and smooth. Sphincter strong, occupies about half the thickness of mesogloea, reticulo-alveolar, tending to stratified. Tentacles very numerous, up to more than 300, hexamerously arranged in 6-7 cycles, small, longitudinally sulcated. Mesenteries more numerous at base. 6-7 orders of mesenteries, at least 3 orders perfect, and first 2-3 orders sterile. Embryos developing in coelenteron. Separate sexes.

 

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
		19-Feb-2011	ADDED