Species Oulactis muscosa (Drayton in Dana, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Metridium muscosum Drayton, J. in Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard Vol. 7 740 pp. [153-154].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NSW, Wollongong, Illawarra [34°25'S, 150°54'E].

  Secondary source:

   Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm.
• Oulactis plicatus Hutton, F. W. 1878. The sea anemones of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11: 308-314 [311-312].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) New Zealand, Dunedin [45°55'S, 170°33'E].

  Secondary source:

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

 

Generic Combinations

• Oulactis muscosa (Drayton in Dana, 1846). —
  Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1851. Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 5: 1-504, pls. I-XX [12] (Fautin, D. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Argentina, New Zealand

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

Diagnosis

Medium-sized anemone, column 10-15 mm long, grey with reddish-brown to dark green spots on verrucae especially near oral end, and brown radial stripes near pedal end. Tentacles, up to 96, concentrated near margin. Pedal disc diameter 15-20 mm, broader than length of column, well developed, adhesive. Oral disc dark red, flat and open, diameter to 10mm. Actinopharynx sulcated, 2 siphonoglyphs. Tentacles at the margin approximately 20 mm long, beige with a white base with grey stripes near the oral disc. Sand and shell grit attached to more proximal verrucae; acrorhagi prominent, distalmost verrucae form fronds that appear as a ruff at the margin. 48 pairs of mesenteries, all, except directives, fertile. Retractors diffuse, parietobasilar muscles well developed.

 

General References

Acuña, F.H. & Zamponi, M.O. 1999. Estructura poblacional y ecología trófica de Oulactis muscosa Dana, 1849 (Actiniaria, Actiniidae) del Litoral Bonaerense (Argentina). Physis (Buenos Aires) 57: 11-16

Carlgren, O. 1949. A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Ventenskapsakademiens Handlingar 1: 1–121

Dawson, E.W. 1992. The Coelenterata of the New Zealand Region: A Handlist for Curators, Students and Ecologists. Occasional Papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand 1: 1-68

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

Häussermann, V. 2003. Redescription of Oulactis concinnata (Drayton in Dana, 1846) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniidae), an actiniid sea anemone from Chile and Perú with special fighting tentacles; with a preliminary revision of the genera with a "frond-like" marginal ruff. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 345: 173-207

Hunt, A. & Ayre, D.J. 1989. Population structure in the sexually reproducing sea anemone Oulactis muscosa. Marine Biology 102: 537-544

Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1851. Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 5: 1-504, pls. I-XX

Stuckey, F.G. 1909. A Review of the New Zealand Actiniaria known to Science, together with a Description of Twelve New Species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 41: 374-398

 

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		09-Nov-2010	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		28-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		13-Jul-2010	MODIFIED