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

Anthosactis Danielssen, 1890

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anthosactis ingolfi Carlgren, 1921
Anthosactis janmayeni Danielssen, 1890

Literature

original description	Danielssen D.C. (1890). Actinida. In: Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition 1876–1878. Zoologi. Grøndahl & Søns, Christiania.
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	Fautin, D. G.; Hessler, R. R. (1989). Marianactis bythios, a new genus and species of actinostolid sea anemone (Coelenterata: Actiniaria) from the Mariana vents. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102(4): 815-825
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Verrill, A. E. (1899). Descriptions of imperfectly known and new actinians, with critical notes on other species. American Journal of Science, 7: 41-50, 143-146, 205-218, 375-380
additional source	Haddon, A. C. (1898). The Actiniaria of Torres Straits. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 2, 393-520
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	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
new combination reference	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. Anthosactis Danielssen, 1890. 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:100710