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

Telmatactis forskalii (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)

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

*Actinia (Entacmaea) forskalii*	Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834	synonym
*Phellia elongata*	(Delle Chiaje, 1841)	synonym
*Telmatactis limicola*	(Andres, 1880)	synonym

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	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	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	Uchida, H.; Soyama, I. (2001). Sea Anemones in Japanese Waters. TBS. Japan., pp. 157.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Schmidt, H. (1972). Prodromus zu einer Monographie der mediterranean Aktinien. Zoologica, 42(121): 1-121
additional source	Wirtz, P.; Ocana, O.; Molodtsova, T. (2003). Actiniaria and Ceriantharia of the Azores (Cnidaria Anthozoa). Helgol. Mar. Res. 57: 114-117.
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	Doumenc, D. A.; Toulemont, Y. (1985). Apports de la micro-informatique dans la taxonomie des actiniaires. Oceanis, 11, 339-347
additional source	Schmidt, H.; Béress, L. (1971). Phylogenetische betrachtungen zur toxizität und nesselwirkung einiger Actiniaria (Anthozoa) im vergleich zur morphologie ihrer nesselkapseln. Kieler Meeresforschungen, XXVII(2): 166-170
additional source	den Hartog J.C., Ates R.M.L. (2011). Actiniaria from Ria de Arosa, Galicia, northwestern Spain, in the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85 (2): 11-53.
additional source	Ramil Blanco, F.; Pulpeiro, E. F. (1990). Inventario de los antozoos de Galicia. A checklist of the Anthozoa from Galicia. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 86(1-4): 17-30
additional source	Schmidt, H. (1972). Bionomische studien an Mediterranen Anthozoen: die Anthozoenfauna des Strombolicchio (Äolische Inseln). Marine Biology, 15, 265-278

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Telmatactis forskalii (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834). 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:100972