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

Calliactis Verrill, 1869

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Adamsia*	Forbes, 1840	synonym

Children

Calliactis palliata (Müller, 1776)
Calliactis parasitica (Couch, 1842)

Literature

original description	Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10.
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	Fautin, D. G.; Zelenchuk, T.; Raveendran, D. (2007). Genera of orders Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), and their type species. Zootaxa. 1668: 183-244.
additional source	Rodríguez, E.; Gusmão, L. C. (2024). Case 3805 – Calliactis Verrill, 1869 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia, Actiniaria): proposed precedence over Adamsia Forbes, 1840. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 81(1).
additional source	Doumenc, D. A. (1975). Actinies bathyales et abyssales de l'océan Atlantique nord familles des Hormathiidae (genres Paracalliactis et Phelliactis) et des Actinostolidae (genres Actinoscyphia et Sicyonis). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 197, 3, (287): 157-204
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1945). Further contributions to the knowledge of the cnidom in the Anthozoa especially in the Actiniaria. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 56, N.F., (9): 1-24
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vet- enskapsakadamiens Handlingar. 1: 1–121.
additional source	Doumenc, D.; Chintiroglou, C.; Foubert, A. (1989). Variabilité du genre Telmatactis Gravier. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris,. 11: 5-45.
additional source	Hansen, P. A.; Halstead, B. W. (1971). The venomous sea anemone Actinodendron plumosum Haddon of South Vietnam. Micronesica, 7(1-2): 123-136
additional source	Belém, M. J. D.; Preslercravo, J. da Cruz (1973). Contribuições ao conhecimento da fauna de cnidarios do Espírito Santo, Brasil I - Considerações sóbre Actiniaria do Município de Aracruz, E. S. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitao, zoologia, (80): 1-14
additional source	Ross, D. M. (1965). Preferential settling of the sea anemone Stomphia coccinea [sic] on the mussel Modiolus modiolus [sic]. Science, 148(3669): 527-528
additional source	Porat, D.; Chadwick-Furman, N. E. (2004). Effects of anemonefish on giant sea anemones: expansion behavior, growth, and survival. Hydrobiologia, 530/531, 513-520
additional source	Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
additional source	Southwell, T. (1906). Corrections and Additions. Part V.- Add the following list of Actiniaria identified by Mr. T. Southwell. W. A. Herdman (eds.). Royal Society. London, chapter correction, volume V, pp. 451-452
additional source	Crowther, A.L.: Fautin, D.G.; Wallace, C.C. (2011). Stylobates birtlesi sp. n., a new species of carcinoecium-forming sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Actiniidae) from eastern Australia. Zookeys, 89: 1–13.
additional source	Rodríguez, E.; Daly, M. (2010). Phylogenetic relationships among deep-sea and chemosynthetic sea anemones: Actinoscyphyiidae and Actinostolidae (Actiniaria: Mesomyaria). Public Library of Science One, 5, 6, 1-8
additional source	Daly, M.; Gusmão, L.; Reft, A. J.; Rodríguez, E. (2010). Phylogenetic signal in mitochondrial and nuclear markers in sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(3): 371-388
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Doumenc D. & Foubert A. (1984). Microinformatique et taxonomie des actinies: Cle mondiale des genres. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, 60, 1, 43-86.

Genbank

Citation

Rodríguez, E.; Fautin, D; Daly, M. (2025). World List of Actiniaria. Calliactis Verrill, 1869. 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:100754