Species Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875)

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Regional Maps

• Actinia thompsoni Coughtrey, M. 1875. Description of a new Species of Actinia. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 7: 280 [280].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) New Zealand, Port Chalmers, Deborah Bay, 1 m [45°50'S, 170°37'E].

  Secondary source:

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

Generic Combinations

• Epiactis thompsoni (Coughtrey, 1875).

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Diagnosis

Pedal disc well developed. Column white and red in alternate longitudinal lines, red in small irregular spots, with white markings more or less elliptical, striped vermillion and whitish-yellow. Column thick, cylindrical, forming irregular flat papillae or folds on surface. Fossa deep. Tentacles dull white, often with tips mauve or light brown, yellowish-white, or sometimes purple. Tentacles of ordinary length about 60-96, inner longer than outer, conical. Oral disc reddish brown, marked in radiating lines by the insertions of the mesenteries. Variable number of mesenteries, up to 48 pairs, all or most mesenteries perfect.

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

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

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