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Species Macrodactyla doreensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Japan; Papua New Guinea; Hawaii.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

Fautin, D.G. & Allen, G.R. 1992. Field Guide to Anemonefishes and their Host Sea Anemones. Perth : Western Australian Museum 160 pp.

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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 09-Nov-2010 MOVED
05-Aug-2022 28-Jul-2010 MODIFIED
13-Jul-2010 MODIFIED