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

Telmatactis Gravier, 1916

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Capneopsis*	Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864	synonym

Children

Telmatactis cricoides (Duchassaing, 1850)
Telmatactis forskalii (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
Telmatactis solidago (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Telmatactis vestita (Johnson, 1861)

Literature

original description	Gravier, C. (1916). Sur un type nouveau d'actinie de l'ile San Thomé (Golfe de Guinée). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 22(5): 234-236
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	Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
additional source	Chintiroglou, C. C.; Stefanidou, D. (1996). Notes on the sea-anemone Actinia striata (Rizzi, 1907) (Anthozoa, Cnidaria): Taxonomy, habitat, distribution. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 2, 339-346
additional source	Belém, M. J. D.; Preslercravo, J. da Cruz (1973). Contribuições ao conhecimento da fauna de cnidarios do Espírito Santo, Brasil I - Considerações sóbre Actiniaria do Município de Aracruz, E. S. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitao, zoologia, (80): 1-14
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. (1997). The sea anemone fauna of Indonesian coral reefs. Periplus Editions. Republic of Singapore., chapter Box 8.2, volume 7, pp. 351-370
additional source	Paulay, G.; Puglisi, M. P.; Starmer, J. A. (2003). The non-scleractinian Anthozoa (Cnidaria) of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35-36, 138-155
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	Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
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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	Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
additional source	Karalis, P.; Chintiroglou, C. C. (1997). Biometric investigations on the cnidae of the rustica-color variety of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis (Förskal, 1775). Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 385-390
additional source	Chintiroglou, C. C.; Christou, I.; Simsiridou, M. (1997). Biometric investigations on the cnidae of Aegean color morphs of Actinia equina mediterranea sensu Schmidt, 1972. Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 377-384
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. (1980). Caribbean Shallow Water Corallimorpharia. Zoologische Verhandelingen, (176): 83 pp.
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	Lauretta, D. (2013). New sea anemone (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from Patagonia: Andvakia manoloi sp. nov. Zootaxa. 3646(2): 149-159.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	England, K. W. (1992). Actiniaria (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hong Kong with additional data on smiliar species from Aden, Bahrain and Singapore. In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1, 49-95.
additional source	England, K. W. (1988). Redefinitions and systematics of Heteractis aurora, the genera Heteractis and Radianthus, and the family Heteractidae (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Indo-Malayan Zoology, 5, 45-55
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	Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1997). The deep-sea anemones Bathyphellia margaritacea and Daontesia porcupina sp. nov. with comments on the family Bathyphelliidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 77(02): 361-374.
additional source	Pires, D. de Oliveira; Castro, C. B.; Migotto, Á. E.; Marques, A. C. (1992). Cnidários bentônicos do Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro), N.S., (354): 1-21
additional source	Arellano, S. M.; Fautin, D. G. (2001). Redescription and range extension of the sea anemone Exocoelactis actinostoloides (Wassilieff, 1908), with revision of genus Exocoelactis (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria). Zoosystema, 23, 4, 645-657
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Telmatactis Gravier, 1916. 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:100766