Species Macrodactyla doreensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Actinia doreensis Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Zoophytes. In: Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1827-1828-1829, Sous le Commandement de M. J. Dumont D'Urville. Paris : J.Tastu Vol. 4 390 pp. [149-150; Plate 12, fig. 7].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Manokwari [Port Dorey], Irian Jaya, Indonesia [0°52'S, 134°05'E]. - Condylactis gelam Haddon, A.C. & Shackleton, A.M. 1893. Description of some new species of Actiniaria from Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 8(1): 116–131 [117, 123-124].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMLU, Mabuiag, Torres Strait, QLD; ZMLU, Mer Island, Torres Strait, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Macrodactyla doreensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). —
Dunn, D.F. 1981. The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with Pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 71: 1-115 [29-37]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Japan; Papua New Guinea; Hawaii.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Column to 150mm long, distal end broadly flared; typically grey with splotches of orange or entire column orange with creamy yellow distal end. Verrucae round to eye-shaped, non-adhesive, in longitudinal rows, most endocoelic. Fosse pronounced. Oral disc with central, lipped mouth, sometimes on an elevated cone. Each pointed tentacle grey with pink or mauve tip, may have longitudinal white streak; sparse, 50-100mm long; some with corkscrew form. Tentacles concentrated at margin of oral disc, few tentacles scattered on oral disc closer to mouth.
General References
Astalhov, D.A. 2002. Species composition of anemonefishes (Perciformes, Pomacentridae) and their host sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in the Khanhhoa Province (South Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology 42: 37-50
den Hartog, J.C. 1997. The sea anemone fauna of Indonesian coral reefs. pp. 351-370 in Tomascik, T., Mah, A.J., Nontji, A. & Moosa, M.K. (Eds). The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas, Part 1. Singapore : Periplus Editions Vol. 7.
Dunn, D.F. 1981. The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with Pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 71: 1-115
Fautin, D.G. 1985. Competition by anemone fishes for host actinians. Proceedings of the 5th International Coral Reef Congress 5: 373-377
Fautin, D.G. 1988. Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea 14: 22-29
Fautin, D.G. 1991. The anemonefish symbiosis: What is known and what is not. Symbiosis 10: 23-46
Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
Fautin, D.G., Crowther, A.L. & Wallace, C.C. 2008. Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(1): 35-64
Moyer, J.T. 1976. Geographical variation and social dominance in Japanese populations of the anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 23: 12-22
Richardson, D.L., Harriott, V.J. & Harrison, P.L. 1997. Distribution and abundance of giant sea anemones (Actiniaria) in subtropical eastern Australian waters. Marine and Freshwater Research 48: 59-66
History of changes
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| 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 |