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

Sicyonis tuberculata Carlgren, 1921

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sicyonis*	Hertwig, 1882	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: knobby sea anemone sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: anémone tuberculée

Literature

original description	Carlgren, O. (1921). Actiniaria I. Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(9):1-241, figs. 1-210, pls. 1-4.
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	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204
additional source	Lampitt, R. S.; Paterson, G. L. J. (1987). The feeding behaviour of an abyssal sea anemone from in situ time lapse photographs and trawl samples. Oceanologica Acta, 10(4): 455-461
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1928). Ceriantharier, Zoantharier och Actiniarier. Meddelelser om Grønland, 23 Suppl., 253-308
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.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Sicyonis tuberculata Carlgren, 1921. 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:100852