Species Heteractis malu (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893)
- Discosoma malu 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, 120].
Type data:
Holotype UMZC, Torres Strait, Murray Islands, Mer [Maer] Island, QLD, 1m. - Stichodactis papillosa Kwietniewski, C.R. 1898. Actiniaria von Ambon und Thursday Island. pp. 385-430 in Semon, R. (ed.). Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel von Richard Semon. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5: Systematik, tiergeographie, anatomie wirbelloser tiere. [387, 415-417, Tafel XXVIII fig. 41-45].
Type data:
Status unknown. - Antheopsis concinnata Lager, E. 1911. Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 3 pp. 215-249. [244-245].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH 5318, Shark Bay, Useless Inlet, WA, 7 m [25°52'S, 113°55'E]. - Stichodactis glandulosa Lager, E. 1911. Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 3 pp. 215-249. [246-247].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH C5343, WA, Broome, 0 m [17°58, 122°14'E]; MNUB 5445, WA, Broome, 0 m [17°58, 122°14'E]; NHRM 4266, WA, Broome, 0 m [17°58, 122°14'E]. - Stichodactis kwietniewskii Lager, E. 1911. Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 3 pp. 215-249. [247-248].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH 5342, Barrow Island, WA. - Macranthea cookei Verrill, A.E. 1928. Hawaiian shallow water Anthozoa. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 49: 3-30 [12-13].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM D106, USA, Hawaiian Islands, Oahu, Laie [21°39'N, 157°55'W].
Generic Combinations
- Heteractis malu (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893). —
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 [66-71] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm) - Radianthus malu (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893). —
Haddon, A.C. 1898. The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 6(2): 393-520 [471-472] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm) - Antheopsis malu (Haddon & Shackleton, 1893). —
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 [300] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Hawaii.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Pedal disc thin walled, colourless, mesenterial insertions seen as light radial lines. Column to 200mm long, thin, diameter increases distally; colour cream; adhesive verrucae on upper column. Oral disc flat in expansion, to 200mm diameter, but smaller in Moreton Bay specimens. Fosse shallow. Oral disc brown, purple or green, with white markings. Mouth 10-20mm long, slit-like to round. Tentacles evenly sized, evenly tapered from base or slightly wider in central region, to 40mm long and 3mm diameter when expanded; lower portion same colour as oral disc, upper portion light in some individuals, ringed with several broad white bands in others, or white in centre third and green at end; tip may be mauve, red; grey-green in contraction due to endodermal zooxanthellae.
General References
Arvedlund, M., McCormick, M.I., Fautin, D.G., & Bildsøe, M 1999. Host recognition and possible imprinting in the anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 188: 207-218
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. 1988. Sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) of Madang Province. Science in New Guinea 14: 22-29
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
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
Uchida, H. & Soyama, I. 2001. Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. Japan : TBS 157 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |