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

Bathyphellia margaritacea (Danielssen, 1890)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathyphellia*	Carlgren, 1932	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Phellia margaritacea*	Danielssen, 1890	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: North Pole 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 du pôle Nord

Literature

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	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	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	Soltwedel, T.; Vopel, K. (2001). Bacterial abundance and biomass in response to organism-generated habitat heterogeneity in deep-sea sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 219, 291-298
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	Carlgren, O. (1942). Actiniaria Part II. Danish Ingolf-Expedition, 5, 12, 1-92
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	Carlgren, O. (1932). Die Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien des arktischen Gebietes. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. Gustav Fischer.Jena. 255-266.
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	Dunn, D.F. (1983). Some Antarctic and sub-Antarctic sea anemones (Coelenterata: Ptychodactiaria and Actiniaria). Antarctic Research Series 39: 1-67.
additional source	Sanamyan, N. P.; Cherniaev, E. S.; Sanamyan, K. E. (2009). Bathyphellia margaritacea (Cnidaria: Actiniaria): the most northern species of the world. Polar Biology, 32, 1245-1250

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Bathyphellia margaritacea (Danielssen, 1890). 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:100867