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

Anthopleura Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anthopleura ballii (Cocks, 1851)
Anthopleura biscayensis (Fischer, 1874)
Anthopleura thallia (Gosse, 1854)

Literature

original description	Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2. 19: 279-365, pls 1-10.
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	Pankova, V. V.; Pudovkin, A. I.; Manchenko, G. P. (2004). Tissue-specific expression of alternative isozymes of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase in sea anemones of the family Actiniidae. Gene Families and Isozymes, 37, 31
additional source	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.
additional source	Riemann-Zürneck, K.; Gallardo, V. A. (1990). A new species of sea anemone (Saccactis coliumensis n. sp.) living under hypoxic conditions on the central Chilean shelf. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 44, 445-457
additional source	Delphy, J. (1939). Présence sur la côte Française de la Manche de l'actinie Bolocera Tuediæ (Johnston)? - et quelques remarques sur d'autres anthozoaires. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 11, 2, (2): 267-270
additional source	Pei, Z. (1998). Coelenterata Actiniaria Ceriantharia Zoanthidea. Science Press. Beijing., pp. 286.
additional source	Honma, T.; Shiomi, K. (2006). Peptide toxins in sea anemones: structural and functional aspects. Marine Biotechnology, 8, 1-10
additional source	Hand, C. H. (1996). The alarm response and some predators of the sea anemone Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt). Wasmann Journal of Biology, 51(1-2): 9-23
additional source	Li, Y., & Liu, R. (2012). Aulactinia sinensis, a new species of sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Yellow Sea. Zootaxa. 3476, 62-68.
additional source	Andres, A. (1884). Le attinie. Volume primo, contente bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia.
additional source	Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
additional source	Manchenko, G. P.; Dautova, T. N.; Latypov, Y. Y. (2000). High level of genetic divergence between sympatric color morphs of the littoral sea anemone Anthopleura orientalis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 28, 737-750
additional source	Pankova, V. V.; Manchenko, G. P. (2003). Coordinated multiallele allozymic variations of hybridizing GPI isozymes in three sea anemone species of the family Actiniidae. Gene Families and Isozymes, 36, 0197-887X, 34
additional source	Honma, T.; Nagai, H.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2003). Molecular cloning of an epidermal growth factor-like toxin and two sodium channel toxins from the sea anemone Stichodactyla gigantea. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1652, 103-106
additional source	Cutress, C. E. 1971. Corallimorpharia, Actiniaria and Zoanthidea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 32: 89–93
additional source	Kwietniewski, C. R. (1898). Actiniaria von Ambon und Thursday island. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel von Richard Semon. Jena: Gustav Fisher:385-430.
additional source	Rodríguez, E.; Daly, M. (2010). Phylogenetic relationships among deep-sea and chemosynthetic sea anemones: Actinoscyphyiidae and Actinostolidae (Actiniaria: Mesomyaria). Public Library of Science One, 5, 6, 1-8
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. (1994). Sea anemones of the Seychelles. J. van der Land (eds.). National Museum of Natural History. Leiden, chapter 6.2, volume 2, pp. 75-79
additional source	Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
additional source	McFadden, C. S.; Grosberg, R. K.; Cameron, B. B.; Karlton, D. P.; Secord, D. (1997). Genetic relationships within and between clonal and solitary forms of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima revisited: evidence for the existence of two species. Marine Biology, 128, 127-139
additional source	Geller, J. B.; Walton, E. D. (2001). Breaking up and getting together: evolution of symbiosis and cloning by fission in sea anemones (genus Anthopleura). Evolution, 55(9): 1781-1794
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1947). Further contributions to a revision of the Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia. Arkiv für Zoologi, 17(9): 1-17
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	Verrill AE. (1869). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem. 6 (1): 51-104, pls. 1-2.
additional source	Kwietniewski, C. R. (1897). Ein Beitrag zur Anatomie und Systematik der Actiniarien. Universitaet Jena. Jena., pp. 34.
additional source	Parulekar, A. H. (1966). Cnidae in the actinians of Maharashtra. Journal of Biological Science, 9, 36-42
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
additional source	Honma, T.; Minagawa, S.; Nagai, H.; Ishida, M.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2005). Novel peptide toxins from acrorhagi, aggressive organs of the sea anemone Actinia equina. Toxicon, 46, 7, 768-774
additional source	Uchida, T. (1932). Occurrence in Japan of Diadumene luciae, a remarkable actinian of rapid dispersal. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido Imperial University, 2, 6, (2): 69-82
additional source	Stephenson, T. A., Stephenson, Anne, Tandy, G. and Spender, N. 1931. The structure and ecology of Low Isles and other reefs. Great Barrier Reef Expedition Scientific Reports 3(2): 17-112.
additional source	Loh, W. K. W.; Cowlishaw, M.; Wilson, N. G. (2006). Diversity of Symbiodinium dinoflagellate symbionts from the Indo-Pacific sea slug Pteraeolidia ianthina (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 320, 177-184
additional source	Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand. 1: 1-68.
additional source	Sanamyan, N. P.; Sanamyan, K. E. (2006). The genera Urticina and Cribrinopsis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the north-western Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 40(7-8): 359-393
additional source	Hasegawa, Y.; Honma, T.; Nagai, H.; Ishida, M.; Nagashima, Y.; Shiomi, K. (2006). Isolation and cDNA cloning of a potassium channel peptide toxin from the sea anemone Anemonia erythraea. Toxicon, 48, 536-542
additional source	England, K. W. (1987). Certain Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Red Sea and tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 53(4): 205-292
additional source	Dunn, D. F. (1981). The clownfish sea anemones: Stichodactylidae (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) and other sea anemones symbiotic with pomacentrid fishes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 71, 1, 1-115
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1924). Actiniaria from New Zealand and its Subantarctic Islands [article XXI in Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening (Copenhagen), 77, 179-261
additional source	Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
additional source	Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
additional source	Doumenc, D. A. (1973). Notes sur les actinies de Polynésie Française. Cahiers du Pacifique, (17): 173-204
additional source	Ates, R. M. L. (1989). Fishes that eat sea anemones, a review. Journal of Natural History, 23, 71-79
additional source	Pei, Z. (1995). Description of Anthopleura qingdaoensis. Studia Marina Sinica, 10(36): 227-234

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Anthopleura Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860. 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:100696