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

Actinostolidae Carlgren, 1932

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Actinostola Verrill, 1883
Anthosactis Danielssen, 1890
Cymbactis McMurrich, 1893
Glandulactis Riemann-Zürneck, 1978
Paranthus Andres, 1883
Parasicyonis Carlgren, 1921
Pycnanthus McMurrich, 1893
Stomphia (Gosse, 1859)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: セトモノイソギンチャク科

Literature

original description	Carlgren, O. (1932). Die Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien des arktischen Gebietes. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. Gustav Fischer.Jena. 255-266.
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	Sanamyan, N. P. (2003). New record of Oceanactis diomedeae (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Oractiidae) and systematic position of the genera Oceanactis and Oractis. Species Diversity, 8, 93-101
additional source	Zamponi, M. O. (1984). Los primeros estadios del desarrollo en Actinostola crassicornis (Hertwig, 1882) (Actiniaria: Actinostolidae). Neotropica, 30, 83, 111-120
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
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.
taxonomy source	Sanamyan, N. P.; Sanamyan, K. E., Galkin, S. V., Ivin, V. V. and Bocharova, E.S. (2021). Deep water Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) Sicyonis, Ophiodiscus and Tealidium: re-evaluation of Actinostolidae and related families. Invertebrate Zoology. 18 (4) :385-449.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Actinostolidae Carlgren, 1932. 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:100655