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

Sicyonis Hertwig, 1882

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Sicyonis gossei (Stephenson, 1918)
Sicyonis haemisphaerica Carlgren, 1934
Sicyonis ingolfi Carlgren, 1921
Sicyonis tuberculata Carlgren, 1921
Sicyonis variabilis Carlgren, 1921

Literature

original description	Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.
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. & Sanamyan, K.E. (2007). Deep-water Actiniaria from East Pacific hydrothermal vents and cold seep. Invertebrate Zoology. 4(1): 83-102.
additional source	McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
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.
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. Sicyonis Hertwig, 1882. 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:100715