Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Actiniaria > Suborder Enthemonae > Superfamily Actinioidea > Family Actiniidae > Genus Urticina

Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Urticina*	Ehrenberg, 1834	accepted genus name
*Bunodes*		synonym
*Madoniactis*	Danielssen, 1890	synonym

Species group names

*Madoniactis lofotensis*	Danielssen, 1890	synonym
*Tealia lofotensis*	Dan.	synonym
*Urticina lofotensis*	(Danielssen, 1890)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: diepwaterdahlia sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: horseman anemone sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Rote Seedahlie

Literature

original description	Gosse, P.H. (1858-1860). Actinologia Brittanica: a history of the British sea‑anemones and corals. Van Voorst. i‑xl, 1-362, pls. 1-12.
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	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. (1986). The Queen Scallop, Chlamys opercularis (L., 1758) (Bivalvia, Pectinidae), as a food item of the sea anemone Urticina eques (Gosse, 1860) (Actiniaria, Actiniidae). Basteria, 50, 87-92
additional source	Manchenko, G. P.; Dautova, T. N.; Latypov, Y. Y. (2000). High level of genetic divergence between sympatric color morphs of the littoral sea anemone Anthopleura orientalis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 28, 737-750
additional source	Manuel, R. L. (1981). British Anthozoa. London: Academic Press. 241 pp. (Synopses of the British Fauna).
additional source	Herdman, W. A. (1918). The marine biological station at Port Erin being the thirty-second annual Report of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society, 33, 31-32
additional source	Williams, R. B. (2000). Measurements of cnidae from sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria), III: ranges and other measures of statistical dispersion, their interrelations and taxonomic relevance. Scientia Marina, 64(1): 49-68
additional source	Petersen, G. H.; Madsen, P. B.; Jensen, K. T.; van Bernem, K. H.; Harms, J.; Heiber, W.; Kröncke, I.; Michaelis, H.; Rachor, E.; Reise, K.; Dekker, R.; Visser, G. J. M.; Wolff, W. J. (1996). Red list of macrofaunal benthic invertebrates of the Wadden Sea. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 50, 69-76
additional source	Jonsson, L. G.; Nilsson, P. G.; Floruta, F.; Lundälv, T. (2004). Distributional patterns of macro- and megafauna associated with a reef of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa on the Swedish west coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 284, 163-171
additional source	Herdman, W. A. (1918). The Marine Biological Station at Port Erin Being the Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee. C. Tinling & Co., Ltd. Liverpool., chapter II, volume XXXIII, pp. 25-33
additional source	Williams, R. B. (1996). Measurements of cnidae from sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria): statistical parameters and taxonomic relevance. Scientia Marina, 60(2-3): 339-351
additional source	Fautin, D. G. (1997). Cnidarian reproduction: assumptions and their implications. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 151-162
additional source	den Hartog J.C., Ates R.M.L. (2011). Actiniaria from Ria de Arosa, Galicia, northwestern Spain, in the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85 (2): 11-53.
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. (1987). A redescription of the sea anemone Bunodosoma biscayensis (Fischer, 1874) (Actiniaria, Actiniidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 61(36): 533-559
additional source	Fautin, D. G.; Daly, M.; Cappola, V. A. (2005). Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of the Faroe Islands: a preliminary list and biogeographic context. Annales Societatis Scientiarum Færoensis, 41, 77-87
additional source	Sanamyan, N. P. & Sanamyan, K. E. (2007). The genera Urticina and Cribrinopsis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the north‐western Pacific. Journal of Natural History. 40(7-8): 359-393.
additional source	Williams, R. B. (1998). Measurements of cnidae from sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria), II: further studies of differences amongst sample means and their taxonomic relevance. Scientia Marina, 62(4): 361-372
additional source	Sanamyan, N. P.; Sanamyan, K. E. (2006). The genera Urticina and Cribrinopsis (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the north-western Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 40(7-8): 359-393
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Bloemdieren: De Zeeanemonen En Hun Verwanten Van De Nederlandse Kust. C. Moerman. Zeeanjer., pp. 31.
additional source	Wood, C. (2005). Seasearch guide to sea anemones and corals. MCS. 128 pp.
source of synonymy	Manuel, R.L. (1988). British Anthozoa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia & Hexacorallia): keys and notes for the identification of the species. rev. Ed. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series). 18. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London ISBN 90-04-08596-3. V, 241 pp.
source of synonymy	Carlgren, O. (1921). Actiniaria I. Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(9):1-241, figs. 1-210, pls. 1-4.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Urticina eques (Gosse, 1858). 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:100833