Species Aulactinia sulcata (Clubb, 1902)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Urticina sulcata Clubb, J.A. 1902. Actiniae. With an account of their peculiar brood chambers. pp. 295-305, 308, figs 1- 5, 13, 16-17, 20-21 in Report on the collections of natural history made in the Antarctic regions during the voyage of the 'Southern Cross'. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). [295-305, 308, Pl XLVIII].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1902.8.15.11-20, Antarctica, South Victoria, Cape Adare, 36-51 m; BMNH 1902.8.15.21, Antarctica, South Victoria, Cape Adare, 36-51 m; BMNH 1902.8.15.24, Antarctica, South Victoria, Cape Adare, 36-51 m; BMNH 1902.8.15.23, Antarctica, South Victoria, Cape Adare, 36-51 m; BMNH 1902.8.15.22, Antarctica, South Victoria, Cape Adare, 36-51 m.

Generic Combinations

• Aulactinia sulcata (Clubb, 1902). —
  Dunn, D.F. 1983. Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67 [8-13] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Antarctica

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Diagnosis

Pedal disc well developed. Column, approximately 5-6 cm height, 3-5 cm diameter, with longitudinal rows of large verrucae, largest verrucae mid-column. Distinct fosse. Sphincter strong, more or less pinnate with distinct main-lamella. Tentacles approximately 48. Siphonoglyphs present. 24 pairs of mesenteries, all perfect. Sometimes, all mesenteries, except directives, fertile. Parietobasilar and pennon muscles strong.

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

Carlgren, O. 1949. A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1: 1–121

Stephenson, T.A. 1922. On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 66(262): 247-319

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