Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Metridioidea > Family Gonactiniidae > Genus Gonactinia

Gonactinia prolifera (Sars, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GonactiniaSars, 1851accepted genus name

Species group names

Actinia prolifera Sars, 1835 synonym

Literature

basis of record

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Carlgren, O. (1959). Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria with description of a new genus and species from Peru. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-49 38. Arkiv für Zoologi, 71, N.F., (6): 1-38

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Excoffon, A. C.; Zamponi, M. O. (1995). The reproductive biology of Tricnidactis errans (Actiniaria, Haliplanellidae) from rocky shore of Mar del Plata (Argentina). Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 36, 175-179

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Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70

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Mathew, K. (1979). Studies on the biology of a sea anemone, Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill) from the south west coast of India. Bulletin of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Cochin, 10, 75-158

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Haddon, A. and Shackleton, A. (1891). A revision of the British actiniæ. Part II.: The Zoantheæ. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. 4 (12): 609-672.

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Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673

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Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.

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Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.

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Grieg, J.A., 1913. Bidrag til kundskapen om Hardangerfjordens fauna. Bergens Mus. Arb. 1913 1: 1-147.

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Collings, D. W. (1938). The Actiniaria of Suffolk (sea-anemones). Transactions of the Suffolk Naturalists' Society, IV, 25-28

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Delphy, J. (1938). Les actinies athénaires (Actiniaria Athenaria) de la faune Française. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 10, 2, 619-622

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Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 6(2):121–211.

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Stephenson, T. A. (1928). The British Sea Anemones. Volume I. The Ray Society. London., volume 1, pp. 148.

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Chen, C.; Soong, K.; Chen, C. A. (2008). The smallest oocytes among broadcast-spawning actiniarians and a unique lunar reproductive cycle in a unisexual population of the sea anemone, Aiptasia pulchella (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Zoological Studies, 47(1): 37-45

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Grebel'nyi, S. D. (2001). Hexacorallia. Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas, 51(59): 36-38

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Schmidt, H. (1970). Anthopleura stellula (Actiniaria, Actiniidae) and its reproduction by transverse fission. Marine Biology, 5, 245-255

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Scott, A.; Harrison, P. L. (2008). Larval settlement and juvenile development of sea anemones that provide habitat for anemonefish. Marine Biology, 154(5): 833-839

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Carlgren, O. (1940). A contribution to the knowledge of the structure and distribution of the cnidae in the Anthozoa. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 51, N.F., (3): 1-62

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Carlgren, O. (1893). Studien über Nordische Actinien. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Bd. XXV, No. 10. Stockholm.

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Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.

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Pax, F. (1915). Hexacorallien der Murmanküste. Travaux de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Petrograd, 44(4): 167-180

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Dixon, A. F.; Dixon, G. Y. (1889). Notes on Bunodes thallia, Bunodes verrucosa, and Telia crassicornis. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, N.S., 6, 310-326

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Sebens, K.P. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States. Anthozoa, Actinaria, Corallimorparia, Ceriantharia, and Zoanthidea. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 141. 68 p.

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Hand, C. H.; Uhlinger, K. R. (1995). Asexual reproduction by transverse fission and some anomalies in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Invertebrate Biology, 114(1): 9-18

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Haddon, A. C. (1889). A revision of the British Actiniae. Part I. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 4, 2, 297-361

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Picton, B. E. (1985). Anthozoans (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) new to Ireland and new records of some rarely recorded species. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 21(11): 484-488

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Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.

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Stephenson, T. A. (1935). The British Sea Anemones. Volume II. The Ray Society. London. pp. 426.

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Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].

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Verrill, A. E. (1899). Descriptions of imperfectly known and new actinians, with critical notes on other species. American Journal of Science, 7: 41-50, 143-146, 205-218, 375-380

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Pax, F. (1936). Anthozoa. In: G. Grimpe & E. Wagler (eds.). Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Bd. IIIe. Akad. Verlagsges., Becker & Erler, Leipzig. 317 pp.

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Stephenson, T. A. (1929). On methods of reproduction as specific characters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 16(1): 131-172

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Carlgren, O. (1945). Polypdyr (Coelenterata) III. Koraldyr. Danmarks Fauna Udgivet af Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 51, 3-167

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McMurrich, J. P. (1901). Contributions on the morphology of the Actinozoa VI. Halcurias pilatus and Endocoelactis. Biological Bulletin, 2(4): 155-163

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Cappola, V. A.; Fautin, D. G. (2000). All three species of Ptychodactiaria belong to order Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 80, 995-1005

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Häussermann, V.; Försterra, G. (2010). Actiniaria - sea anemones. pp. 215-266

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den Hartog, J. C.; Ocaña, O.; Brito, A. (1993). Corallimorpharia collected during the CANCAP expeditions (1976-1986) in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 282, 3-76

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Sebens, K. P. (1998). Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Zoanthidea, Corallimorpharia, and Ceriantharia. National Marine Fisheries Service. Seattle., volume 141, pp. 1-67

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Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia.

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Carlgren, O. (1921). Actiniaria I. Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(9):1-241, figs. 1-210, pls. 1-4.

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Danielssen, D. C.; Koren, J. (1856). Nye Actinier [Actinies nouvelles]. Fr. D. Beyer. Bergen., volume 2, pp. 87-90

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Lawn, I. D.; Ross, D. M. (1982). The behavioural physiology of the swimming sea anemone Boloceroides mcmurrichi. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 216, 315-334

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Okada, Y. K.; Komori, S. (1932). Reproduction asexuelle d'une actinie (Boloceroides) et sa régénération aux dépens d'un tentacule. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de Belgique, 66, 164-199

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Sebens, K. P.; Paine, R. T. (1978). Biogeography of anthozoans along the west coast of South America: habitat, disturbance, and prey availability. N. Z. D. S. I. R. Auckland, New Zealand., volume 1, pp. 219-237

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Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Gonactinia prolifera (Sars, 1835). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100912

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Occurrence

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