Species Anthopleura aureoradiata (Stuckey, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bunodes aureoradiata Stuckey, F.G.A. 1909. Notes on a New Zealand actinian, Bunodes aureoradiata. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 41: 367-369 [368-369, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) New Zealand, Wellington, Oriental Bay, 0-1 m [41°17'S, 174°47'E].

  Secondary source:

   Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm.

 

Generic Combinations

• Anthopleura aureoradiata (Stuckey, 1909). —
  Carlgren, O. 1924. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXI. Actiniaria from New Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 179-261 [208–211]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Diagnosis

Pedal disc rather wide. Column pillarlike provided in the upper part with distinct verrucae, lower half pale brown or yellowish-brown, upper half greenish-brown. Margin distinct with small fosse. 24 or more marginal spherules. Tentacles bronze-green, short, conical, from 48 to 70. Sphincter palmate circumscript with comparatively few, but ramificated folds. Mesenteries more numerous than tentacles. Pairs of mesenteries from 48 to about 76, hexamerously arranged. Mesenteries of first, second, and at least part of the third perfect, those of the first and second order fertile; of the mesenteries diffuse with rather low.

 

General References

Carlgren, O. 1924. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXI. Actiniaria from New Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 179-261

Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds) 1982. Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.

 

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
05-Aug-2022		09-Nov-2010	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		28-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		13-Jul-2010	MODIFIED