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

Metridium dianthus (Ellis, 1768)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Metridiumde Blainville, 1824accepted genus name

Species group names

Actinia dianthus Ellis, 1768 synonym

Literature

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Hertwig, R. (1882). Die Actinien der Challenger Expedition. Gustav Fischer. Jena., pp. 119.

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Carlgren, O. (1893). Studien über Nordische Actinien. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., Bd. XXV, No. 10. Stockholm.

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Carlgren, O. (1928). Ceriantharier, Zoantharier och Actiniarier. Meddelelser om Grønland, 23 Suppl., 253-308

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Hertwig, R. (1882). Report on the Actiniaria dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 6(1): 1-136

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Stephenson, E. M. (1925). On the anatomy and relationships of new or little known British Actiniaria. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 13(4): 891-909

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Hand, C. H.; Uhlinger, K. R. (1995). Asexual reproduction by transverse fission and some anomalies in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Invertebrate Biology, 114(1): 9-18

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Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Metridium dianthus (Ellis, 1768). 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:158251

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