Species Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, 1898
Waratah Anemone
- Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar, H. 1898. Preliminary account of some New-Zealand Actiniaria. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 26: 527-536 [527, 535-536].
Type data:
Holotype CMNZ AQ3271, New Zealand, near Wellington.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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
Column dark maroon, to 30 mm long. Tentacles to 144, pointed, bright red, tapered to a point. Pedal disc to approximately 40 mm diameter. Marginal spherules 24, bright blue, usually deep within the fosse. Actinopharynx with two siphonoglyphs. Longitudinal muscles weak.
General References
Ayre, D.J. 1984. The effects of sexual and asexual reproduction on geographic variation in the sea anemone Actinia tenebrosa. Oecologia 62: 222-229
Ayre, D.J. 1995. Localized adaptation of sea anemone clones: evidence from transplantation over two spatial scales. Journal of Animal Ecology 64: 186-196
Ayre, D.J., Read, J. & Wishart, J 1991. Genetic subdivision within the eastern Australian population of the sea anemone Actinia tenebrosa. Marine Biology 109: 379-390
Ayre. D.J. 1984. The sea anemone Actinia tenebrosa: an opportunistic insectivore. Ophelia 23: 149-153
Bigger, C.H. 1980. Interspecific and intraspecific acrorhagial aggressive behavior among sea anemones: A recognition of self and not-self. Biological Bulletin 159: 117-134
Black, R. & Johnson, M.S. 1979. Asexual viviparity and population genetics of Actinia tenebrosa. Marine Biology 53: 27-31
Carlgren, O. 1924. Die larven der Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien der deutschen Tiefsee-expedition mit einen Nachtrag zu den Zoantharien. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 19: 339-476
Carlgren, O. 1950. Actinaria and Zoantharia from South Australia. Arkiv för Zoologi 20: 121-135
Carlgren, O. 1950. Corallimorpharia, Actiniaria and Zoantharia from New South Wales and South Queensland. Arkiv för Zoologi 1: 131-146
Carlgren, O. 1954. Actiniaria and Zoantharia from south and west Australia with comments upon some Actiniaria from New Zealand. Arkiv för Zoologi 6: 571–595
Cutress, C.E. 1971. Corallimorpharia, Actiniaria and Zoanthidea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 32: 83-92
Fautin, D.G. 2011. Hexacorallians of the World. http://geoportal.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/anemone2/index.cfm
Ottaway, J.R. 1973. Some effects of temperature, desiccation, and light on the intertidal anemone Actinia tenebrosa Farquhar (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 24: 103-126
Ottaway, J.R. 1975. Review of Actinia, Isactinia, and Cnidopus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 53-61
Ottaway, J.R. 1979. Population ecology of the intertidal anemone Actinia tenebrosa. II. Geographical distribution, synonymy, reproductive cycle and fecundity. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 273-290
Ottaway, J.R. 1979. Population ecology of the intertidal anemone Actinia tenebrosa. III. Dynamics and environmental factors. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 41-62
Parry, G. 1951. The Actiniaria of New Zealand, a check-list of recorded and new species, a review of the literature and a key to the commoner forms Part 1. Records of the Canterbury Museum 6: 83-119
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
Stuckey, F.G.A. & Walton, C.L. 1910. Notes on a collection of sea anemones. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 42: 541-543
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 | 09-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 28-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |