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

Hormathia digitata (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hormathia*	Gosse, 1859	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Actinia digitata*	Müller, 1776	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: maned 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 digitée

Literature

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additional source	Goodwill, R. H.; Fautin, D. G.; Furey, J.; Daly, M. (2009). A sea anemone symbiotic with gastropods of eight species in the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 41(1): 117-130
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Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Hormathia digitata (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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:100951