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

Telmatactis cricoides (Duchassaing, 1850)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Telmatactis*	Gravier, 1916	accepted genus name
*Capneopsis*	Duchassaing de Fombressin & Michelotti, 1864	synonym

Species group names

*Entacmaea cricoides*	Duchassaing, 1850	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: blunt-tentacled anemone

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	Cairns, S.D., J.C. den Hartog & C. Arneson. (1986). Class Anthozoa (Corals, Anemones). In: Sterrer, W. (ed.). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, USA. pp. 159-194.
additional source	Varela, C.; Santana, I.; Ortiz, M.; Lalana, R.; Caballero, H.; Chevalier, P. (2001). Adiciones a la actinofauna (Anthozoa: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia), de Cuba. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 22, 3, 187-190
additional source	Barrios-Suárez, L. M.; Reyes, J. O.; Navas, G. R.; García, C. B. (2002). Distribution of anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) in the area of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean [Distribución de las anémonas (Anthozoa: Actiniaria y Corallimorpharia) en el área de Santa Marta, Caribe columbiano]. Ciencias Marinas, 28(1): 37-48
additional source	Fautin, D. G.; Daly, M. (2009). Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, and Zoanthidea (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 349-357. in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Khan R.N., Becker J.H.A., Crowther A.L. & Lawn I.A., (2004). Spatial distribution of symbiotic shrimps (Periclimenes holthuisi, P. brevicarpalis, Thor amboinensis) on the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni. J.Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 84, 201-203.
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Wirtz, P. 1997. Crustacean symbionts of the sea anemone Telmatactis cricoides at Madeira and the Canary Islands.-- Journal of Zoology, London 242 (4): 799-811.
additional source	Wirtz, P.; d'Udekem-d'Acoz, C. (2001). Decapoda from Antipatharia, Gorgonaria and Bivalvia at the Cape Verde Islands. Helgoländer Marine Research, 55, 112-115
additional source	Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A.; Zamponi, M. O. (1997). Commented list of the Mediterranean Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Anthozoa). Acta Adriatica, 38(1): 65-70
additional source	Wirtz, P. (2009). Ten New Records of Marine Invertebrates from the Azores. Arquipelago, Life and Marine Sciences, 26: 45-49
additional source	Wirtz, P. (2008). Crustaceans associated with Cnidaria, Bivalvia, Echinoidea and Pisces at São Tomé and Príncipe islands. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 25, 63-69
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. (1995). The genus Telmatactis Gravier, 1916 (Actiniaria: Acontiaria: Isophelliidae) in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 69(14): 153-176
additional source	Loukmidou, S.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Doumenc, D. A. (1997). Inventaire du cnidome des actiniaires et corallimorphaires de Mediterranee (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Bios, 4, 63-114
additional source	Ocaña, Oscar; Den Hartog, J.C. (2002). A catalogue of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia from the Canary Islands and from Madeira, Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences. 19A: 33-54.
additional source	Wirtz, P. (1996). The sea anemone Telmatactis cricoides from Madeira and the Canary Islands: size frequency, depth distribution and colour polymorphism. Arquipélago. Boletim da Universidade dos Açores. Ciências Biológicas e Marinhas [Life and Marine Sciences], 14A, 1-5
additional source	Wittman, K. J. (2008). Two new species of Heteromysini (Mysida, Mysidae) from the island of Madeira (N.E. Atlantic), with notes on sea anemone and hermit crab commensalisms in the genus Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873. Crustaceana, 81(3): 351-374

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Telmatactis cricoides (Duchassaing, 1850). 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:100971