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

Protanthea simplex Carlgren, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protanthea*	Carlgren, 1891	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sealoch anemone sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

German: Tiefwasser-Meeresarm-Anemone

Literature

original description	Carlgren, O. (1891). Protanthea simplex n. gen. n. sp., eine eigentümliche Actinie. Vorläufige Mitteilung. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 48(2), 81-89.
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	Stephenson, T. A. (1922). On the classification of Actiniaria. Part III. -- Definitions connected with the forms dealt with in Part II. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 66, 2, (262): 247-319
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	Zibrowius, H.; Taviani, M. (2005). Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep coral and other calcareous substrates in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. in Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 807-819.
additional source	Schmidt, H. (1972). Die Nesselkapseln der Anthozoen und ihre Bedeutung fur die phylogenetische Systematik. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 23, 422-458
additional source	Pax, F. (1936). Anthozoa. In: G. Grimpe & E. Wagler (eds.). Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Bd. IIIe. Akad. Verlagsges., Becker & Erler, Leipzig. 317 pp.
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
additional source	Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1969). Sagartia troglodytes (Anthozoa). Biologie und Morphologie einer schlickbewohnenden Aktinie. Veröffentlichungen des Institutes für Meeresforschung Bremerhaven, 12, 169-230
additional source	den Hartog, J. C.; Ocaña, O.; Brito, A. (1993). Corallimorpharia collected during the CANCAP expeditions (1976-1986) in the south-eastern part of the North Atlantic. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 282, 3-76
additional source	Duerden, J. E. (1902). On the actinian Bunodeopsis globulifera, Verrill. Transactions of the Linnean Society (London), 8, 2 (Zoology), 9, 297-317
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1893). Studien über Nordische Actinien. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Bd. XXV, No. 10. Stockholm.
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	Manuel, R. L. (1981). British Anthozoa. London: Academic Press. 241 pp. (Synopses of the British Fauna).
additional source	Dons, C. (1932). Zoologiske Notiser XV om Nord-Norges korallsamfund. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger, 5(4): 13-16
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Nordgaard, O. (1905). Hydrographical and Biological Investigations in Norwegian Fiords. Bergens Museums Meereskrifter, 2: 164-174, 243
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1895). Jahresberichte für 1889, 1890, und 1891 über die Anthozoen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 61(2): 235-298
additional source	Excoffon, A. C.; Zamponi, M. O. (1991). La biologia reproductiva de Phymactis clematis Dana, 1849 (Actiniaria: Actiniidae): gametogenesis, periodos reproductivos, desarrollo embrionario y larval. Spheniscus, 9, 25-39
additional source	Excoffon, A. C.; Zamponi, M. O. (1996). Reproducción de Oulactis muscosa Dana, 1849 (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) en el intermareal de Mar del Plata, Argentina. Biociências, 4(1): 127-143
additional source	Schmidt, H. (1974). On evolution in the Anthozoa. Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 533-560
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1921). Actiniaria I. Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(9):1-241, figs. 1-210, pls. 1-4.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1940). A contribution to the knowledge of the structure and distribution of the cnidae in the Anthozoa. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 51, N.F., (3): 1-62
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1945). Polypdyr (Coelenterata) III. Koraldyr. Danmarks Fauna Udgivet af Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 51, 3-167
additional source	Grieg, J.A., 1913. Bidrag til kundskapen om Hardangerfjordens fauna. Bergens Mus. Arb. 1913 1: 1-147.

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Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Protanthea simplex Carlgren, 1891. 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:100913