Species Heteranthus verruculatus Klunzinger, 1877
- Heteranthus verruculatus Klunzinger, C.B. 1877. Die Korallthiere des rothen Meeres Erster Theil: Die Alcyonarien und Malacodermen. Berlin : Verlag der Gutmann'schen Buchhandlung 98 pp. [84].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNB 1852, Red Sea; MNB 4861, Red Sea.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Red Sea; Seychelles; Hawaiian Islands.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Column to 9mm length, 11mm diameter; lower column pale yellowish-green; column greenish-brown distally (owing to zooxanthellae); verrucae bright green with central white spot, becoming tentacle-like at margin. Oral disc dark greenish-brown to sepia, with variable amounts of opaque white. Marginal tentacles smooth, pointed, inner longer than outer, pale greenish-brown with no patterning or with dense pattern of opaque white flecks and round spots; discal tentacles papilliform, inconspicuous, same colour as oral disc.
General References
Andres, A. 1883. Le Attinie (Monografia). Rome : Coi Tipi der Salviucci Vol. 1 460 pp.
Carlgren, O. 1900. Ostafrikanische Actinien. Gesammelt von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann 1888 und 1889. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 17: 21–144
Carlgren, O. 1950. Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(7): 427-457
Cutress, C.E. 1977. Corallimorpharia, Actiniaria, Ceriantharia. pp. 130-147 in Devaney, D.M. & Eldredge, L.G. (Eds). Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Press.
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. 1898. The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 6(2): 393-520
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
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 | 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 |