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

Edwardsiidae Andres, 1881

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Edwardsia Quatrefages, 1842
Edwardsiella Andres, 1883
Isoedwardsia Carlgren, 1900
Nematostella Stephenson, 1935
Paraedwardsia Carlgren in Nordgaard, 1905
Scolanthus Gosse, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ムシモドキギンチャク科

Literature

original description	Carlgren, O. (1892). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Edwardsien. öfv. af K. Veten-kaps-Akad. Förhandl. p. 451. Stockholm.
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	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.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1893). Studien über Nordische Actinien. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Bd. XXV, No. 10. Stockholm.
additional source	Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Edwardsiidae Andres, 1881. 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:100665