Species Edwardsianthus pudica (Klunzinger, 1877)
- Edwardsia pudica Klunzinger, C.B. 1877. Die Korallthiere des rothen Meeres Erster Theil: Die Alcyonarien und Malacodermen. Berlin : Verlag der Gutmann'schen Buchhandlung 98 pp. [80-81].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNUB 1878, Red Sea, Egypt, Koseir, 1 m [26°7'N, 34°17'E]. - Edwardsia adenensis Faurot, L. 1895. Etudes sur l'anatomie, l'histologie et le developpement des actinies. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 3: 43–262 [46, 55, 117, 120-127, plate VI photo 5; plate VII photo 6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) East Africa, Djibouti, Gulf of Tadjourah, 0-3 m [11°40'N, 43°00'E]; Red Sea [Mer Rouge], 0-3 m [21°33'N, 38°17'E]. - Edwardsia rakaiyae Bourne, G.C. 1916. A description of five new species of Edwardsia, Quatr., from New Guinea, with an account of the order of succession of the micromesenteries and tentacles in the Edwardsidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 32: 513-530 [518, fig 4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Blanche Bay, Straits of Rakaiya [4°15'S, 152°20'E]. - Edwardsia bocki Carlgren, O. 1931. Zur Kenntnis der Actiniaria Abasilaria. Arkiv för Zoologi 23A: 1-48 [7-9, figs 5-6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMG Anthoz. 130, Fiji, Viti Levu, Bau and Namuka [17°54'S, 178°41'E]; NHRM 4018, Fiji, Viti Levu, Bau and Namuka [17°54'S, 178°41'E]; NHRM 4028, Fiji, Viti Levu [18°00'S, 178°36'E]; ZMLU, Fiji, Viti Levu, Bau and Namuka [17°54'S, 178°41'E]. - Edwardsia stephensoni Carlgren, O. 1950. Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(7): 427-457 [427-429].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMLU LO 304, Great Barrier Reef, Low Isles, QLD, 0 m [16°23'S, 145°34'E]; BMNH 1954.6.28.7, Great Barrier Reef, Low Isles, QLD, 0 m [16°23'S, 145°34'E].
Generic Combinations
- Edwardsianthus pudica (Klunziger, 1877). —
England, K.W. 1987. Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 53: 205-292 [206–208, 217–218, 224–229, 231]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific, including Red Sea
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Column up to 200mm long and 15mm wide, light sienna colour with white nemathybomes. Divisions of column distinct. Capitulum thin walled, translucent purple to white, mesenteries within clearly visible in life; scapulus thin walled, lacking nemathybomes and cuticle, scapus thick walled, cuticle easily removed, with numerous small nemathybomes scattered irregularly over its length becoming most numerous towards physa, physa thin walled, lacking nemathybomes or terminal pore but having cinclides which are mostly endodermal evaginations; extodermal suckers or tenaculi occasionally present. Tentacles up to 20, in two cycles (8 + 12); long, slender, tapered. Tentacles either magenta-pink with thin purple line running from white tip to disc or light-green with thin orange link with white to cream oral disc. Mouth raised on cone. Microcnemes extremely small, do not extend below capitilum. Macrocnemes fertile, with well developed diffuse retractor and parietal muscles. Separate sexes.
General References
England, K.W. 1987. Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 53: 205-292
Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
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 | 01-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 09-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |