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

Metridiidae Carlgren, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metridium de Blainville, 1824

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒダベリイソギンチャク科

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	Williams, R. B. (1981). The authorship of the family name Metridiidae (Colenterata: Anthozoa) Z.N.(S.) 2263. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 38(3): 156-157
additional source	Hand, C. (1955). The sea anemones of central California. Part III: The Acontiarian anemones. The Wasmann Journal of Biology. 13, 189-251.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1984). Opinion 1269 (Case 2263): Metridiidae Carlgren Carlgren, 1893 (Anthozoa) and Metridiidae Sars, 1902 (Copepoda): a ruling to eliminate the homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 41(1): 19-21
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Metridiidae Carlgren, 1893. 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:100678