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

Metridium de Blainville, 1824

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metridium dianthus (Ellis, 1768)
Metridium senile (Linnaeus, 1761)

Literature

original description	De Blainville, H.M.D. (1824). Mollusques, Vers et Zoophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles. 30.
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
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additional source	Lütken, C. (1861). Nogle Bémærkninger om de ved de danske Kyster iagttagne Arter af Aktiniernes Gruppe. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening (Copenhagen), 14, 184-200
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additional source	Gosse, P. H. (1855). Description of Peachia hastata, a new genus and species of the class Zoophyta, with observations on the family Actiniadae. Transactions of the Linnean Society (London), 21, 267-276
additional source	Hand, C. H. (1976). Redescription of the sea anemone Phellia aucklandica (Actiniaria: Sagartiidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 9(4): 529-538
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additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Averincev, V. G. (1967). Actiniaria of the Possjet Bay of the Sea of Japan. Acad. Sci. USSR, Zool. Inst., volume 5, pp. 62-77
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additional source	Kramer, A.; Francis, L. (2004). Predation resistance and nematocyst scaling for Metridium senile and M. farcimen. Biological Bulletin, 207, 130-140
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.
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additional source	Manuel, R. L. (1977). A redescription of Edwardsia beautempsi and E. timida (Actiniaria: Edwardsidae). Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 18, 483-497
additional source	Field, L. R. (1949). Sea Anemones and Corals of Beaufort, North Carolina. Duke University Press. Durham., pp. 39.
additional source	Fautin, D. G.; Bucklin, A. (1988). Anthozoan dominated benthic environments. volume 3, pp. 231-236
additional source	Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. Zootaxa. 1668: 183-244.
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	Steele, R. E.; David, C. N.; Technau, U. (2010). A genomic view of 500 million years of cnidarian evolution. Trends in Genetics, 30(10): 1-7
additional source	McClendon, J.F. (1911). On adaptations in structure and habits of some marine animals of Tortugas, Florida. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 3: 57-62, pls. 1-2.
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additional source	Torrey, H. B.; Mery, J. R. (1904). Regeneration and non-sexual reproduction in Sagartia davisi. University of California Publications in Zoology, 1(6): 211-226
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additional source	Melville, R. V.; Smith, J. D. D. (1987). Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. London., edition 1, pp. 366.
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	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1984). Opinion 1269 (Case 2263): Metridiidae Carlgren Carlgren, 1893 (Anthozoa) and Metridiidae Sars, 1902 (Copepoda): a ruling to eliminate the homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 41(1): 19-21
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Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Metridium de Blainville, 1824. 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:100770