Species Aulactinia veratra (Drayton in Dana, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Actinia veratra Drayton, J. in Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard Vol. 7 740 pp. [129-130].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NSW, Wollongong, 0 m [34°25'S, 150°54'E].

  Secondary source:

   Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm.
• Cribrina verruculata Lager, E. 1911. Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 3 pp. 215-249. [233-234].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNUB 5450, WA, east coast of Rottnest Island, Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905 station 45, 0 m.

  Secondary source:

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

Generic Combinations

• Cnidopus verater (Drayton in Dana, 1846). —
  Carlgren, O. 1950. Corallimorpharia, Actiniaria and Zoantharia from New South Wales and South Queensland. Arkiv för Zoologi 1: 131-146 [137-138] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)
• Aulactinia veratra (Drayton in Dana, 1846). —
  Edmands, S. & Fautin, D.G. 1991. Redescription of Aulactinia veratra n. comb. (= Cnidopus veratra) (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 59-68 [59-67] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)
• Phymactis veratra (Drayton in Dana, 1846). —
  Milne Edwards, H. 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires ou Polypes Proprement Dits. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. T. 1 326 pp. [Only the chapter 'Introduction historique' was written by Milne-Edwards & Haime, as the latter passed away (see preface to the volume)] [275] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Diagnosis

Column up to 60mm (expanded), dark green to deep brown. Column provided with closely set, longitudinal rows of prominent verrucae; larger in lower part of column, smaller yet more complex verrucae in upper part of column. Flat oral disc same colour as column, to 40mm diameter. Tentacles, up to 152, tapered, brown, brownish red or brownish green, hexamerously arranged. Inner tentacles 20 mm, outer up to 30 mm long, may coil at ends. Two well developed siphonoglyphs. Numerous pairs of perfect mesenteries, including directives, all or almost all mesenteries fertile. Retractors band-like, but flat. Pedal disc diameter to 45 mm (expanded).

General References

Carlgren, O. 1950. Corallimorpharia, Actiniaria and Zoantharia from New South Wales and South Queensland. Arkiv för Zoologi 1: 131-146

Dunn, D.F., Chia, F.S. & Levine, R. 1980. Nomenclature of Aulactinia (= Bunodactis), with description of Aulactinia incubans n. sp. (Coelenterata, Anthozoa), an internally brooding sea anemone from Puget Sound. Canadian Journal of Zoology 58: 2071-2080

Edmands, S. & Fautin, D.G. 1991. Redescription of Aulactinia veratra n. comb. (= Cnidopus veratra) (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 59-68

Ottaway, J.R. 1975. Review of Actinia, Isactinia, and Cnidopus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 53-61

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.

Verrill, A.E. 1899. Descriptions of imperfectly known and new Actinians, with critical notes on other species, II. American Journal of Science and Arts 4 7: 41-50

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