Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Actinioidea

Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Actinia Linnaeus, 1767
Anemonia Risso, 1827
Anthopleura Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860
Aulactinia Agassiz in Verrill, 1864
Bolocera Gosse, 1860
Bunodactis Verrill, 1899
Bunodosoma Verrill, 1899
Condylactis Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864
Cribrinopsis Carlgren, 1921
Entacmaea Ehrenberg, 1834
Epiactis Verrill, 1869
Onubactis López-González, den Hartog & García-Gómez, 1995
Paranemonia Carlgren, 1900
Tealia Gosse, 1858
Urticina Ehrenberg, 1834

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウメボシイソギンチャク科

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
additional source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985). Opinion 1295 (Case 825): Actinia Linnaeus, 1767 and Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Coelenterata, Actiniaria) and Pentacta Goldfuss, 1820 (Echinodermata, Holothurioidea) [sic]: conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 42(1): 34-36
additional source	Melville, R. V.; Smith, J. D. D. (1987). Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. London., edition 1, pp. 366.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actiniidae Rafinesque, 1815. 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:100653