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

Phelliactis Simon, 1892

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chondrodactis*	Wassilieff, 1908	synonym

Children

Phelliactis hertwigii Simon, 1892
Phelliactis incerta Carlgren, 1934
Phelliactis pulchra (Stephenson, 1918)
Phelliactis robusta Carlgren, 1928

Literature

original description	Simon, J. A. (1892). Ein Beitrag zur Anatomie und Systematik der Hexactinien. Val. Hvfling, Kapellenstrasse 3. München., pp. 5-106.
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	Eash-Loucks, W. E.; Fautin, D. G. (2012). Taxonomy and distribution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia) from deep water of the northeastern Pacific. Zootaxa. 3375: 1 – 80.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24
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	López-González P. J.; Rodríguez E.; Gili J.-M.; Segonzac M. (2003). New records on sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 345: 215-243.
additional source	López-González, P. J.; Rodríguez, E. & Segonzac, M. (2005). A new species of sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Manus Basin hydrothermal vents, South-western Pacific Published in collaboration with the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research, Norway, and the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Marine Biology Research. 1(5): 326-337.
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	Doumenc D. & Van-praet M. (1988). Deep-sea anemones from a hydrothermal vent area in the East Pacific. Oceanologica Acta. Volume spécial, 8, 61-68.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Daly, M. & Gusmão, L. (2007). The first sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from a whale fall. Journal of Natural History. 41(1-4): 1-11.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Phelliactis Simon, 1892. 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:100762