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

Antholoba achates (Drayton in Dana, 1846)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Antholoba*	Hertwig, 1882	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Actinia achates*	Drayton in Dana, 1846	synonym

Literature

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additional source	Stotz Uslar, W. (1977). Observaciones Sobre Tres Especies de Actinias (Phymactis clematis, Antholoba achates, Anthothoe chilensis) (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) del Litoral Rocoso de la Bahía de Maiquillahue (Valdivia, Chile): Análisis metodológico, Taxonomía y Biología. Not Published., pp. 93.
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Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Antholoba achates (Drayton in Dana, 1846). 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:287436