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

Iosactis vagabunda Riemann-Zürneck, 1997

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Iosactis*	Riemann-Zürneck, 1997	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Riemann-Zürneck, K. (1997). A Hemisessile Sea Anemone from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, North Atlantic Ocean: Iosactis Vagabunda gen. nov., sp. nov. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 77(04): 1011-1025.
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, 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	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Rodríguez, E. (2011). Another bipolar deep-sea anemone: new species of Iosactis (Actiniaria, Endomyaria) from Antarctica. Helgoland Marine Research. 66(2): 211-218.
ecology source	Durden, J. M.; Bett, B. J.; Ruhl, H. A. (2015). The hemisessile lifestyle and feeding strategies of Iosactis vagabunda (Actiniaria, Iosactiidae), a dominant megafaunal species of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 102: 72-77.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Iosactis vagabunda Riemann-Zürneck, 1997. 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:100969