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

Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CereusIlmoni, 1830accepted genus name

Species group names

Actinia pedunculata Pennant, 1777 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: knikkende zeeanjelier; zonneroos sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 English: daisy anemone sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
 French: anémone palmée; solaire sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Seemannsliebchen; Seemaßliebchen; Sonnenrose sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Italian: anemone margherita sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Spanish, Castillian: actinia solar

Literature

basis of record

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Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777). 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:100987

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